Sharers & Workers

Parmi les créateurs d'entreprises de 2014, sept profils-types se distinguent, dont la plupart ont déjà été mis en évidence parmi les créateurs de 2010. Le profil des « jeunes créateurs diplômés » s'étoffe en 2014 (8 % des créateurs). Leur entrée sur le marché du travail par la création d'entreprises, en majorité sous le régime de l'auto-entrepreneur, semble se confirmer comme une alternative au salariat.

"The report puts forth a specific strategy of five interlocking steps for achieving this goal in the given timeframe: 1. A new legal framework for co-operatives 2. Finance that serves the co-operative agenda 3. Deepening co-operative capabilities through a Co‐operative Development Agency 4. Transforming business ownership 5. Accelerating community wealth building initiatives"

"Deux acteurs du covoiturage libre (ils ne prélèvent pas de commissions) souhaitent augmenter leur masse critique de covoitureurs pour proposer une alternative au géant du secteur. "

" this article provides a framework for assessing the pro-democratic qualities of collaborative economy initiatives. It was applied to 10 cases in the context of the city of Barcelona. "

L'impact de l'économie collaborative et du numérique sur les entreprises "traditionnelles" et leurs modèles d'affaires.

"Since its inception, the Commons Platform has grown now to be a collaborative project of 300 (and counting) co-creators all involved in building both the platform itself and the community and value system underpinning it. Recently, the Commons Platform had a really successful 2-day event with the Mozilla Global Sprint, and is looking forward to building its first release"

Les prévisions d'investissement d'Uber sur la livraison de repas et le partage de vélos avant son introduction en bourse.

"La ville de New-york a annoncé le 8 août qu'elle va geler pour un an toute nouvelle licence de voiture avec chauffeur (VTC) et imposer un salaire minimum pour les conducteurs"

Série de podcasts sur l'avenir du syndicalisme.

"Tim's way of supporting local control like that starts with his software, which any community can use for free. It lets people list what they need and can offer each other. Each community group has its own unit of account for measuring how much members are sharing with others. The Collective doesn't advertise or sell data to advertisers. All Tim asks for is a small promise of goods or services from each group as payment in kind. It could be candles, garden honey, an old washing machine or a lift in a neighbor's car. The only money he has received for 15 years of building a free software platform was a three-year grant from the Ashoka Foundation."

"What the cooperatives are doing on Up and Go is they're sharing best practices, they're learning from each other, they're creating a space where they can see each other as professionals, and learn from each other…"

Interview sur le rôle des assurances (et des assureurs) dans l'économie de plateforme.