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  1. Independent Work: Choice, Necessity, and the Gig Economy

    This McKinsey Global Institute report surveys 8000 independent workers, and finds that 20-30% of Americans and Europeans engage in some form of independent work.
  2. The real-time city? Big Data and Smart Urbanism

    Big data is definitely here to stay. This paper raises certain concerns regarding from nature and production of big data to corporatization of governance.
  3. Smart Mobility in Smart City: Action Taxonomy, ICT Intensity and Public Benefits

    Smarter cities require smarter mobility. How to do so?
  4. How municipalities in Ontario have responded to ride-hailing companies

    This case study describes how municipalities in Ontario have amended vehicle-for-hire/taxi bylaws to account for new companies like Uber and Lyft.
  5. Goods sharing platform Peerby

    The Dutch start-up Peerby is an online platform that enables people to borrow the things they need from people in their neighborhood.
  6. “Carried Away by the Crowd:” What Types of Logistics for Collaborative Consumption?

    This french language study by Carbone et al. examines the role of logistics in collaborative consumption and identifies and describes four distinct categories.
  7. Sport equipment platform Sharewood

    Sharewood is an online sports sharing marketplace in Milan, enabling those who have sports equipment to choose a price and share it with other outdoor sports enthusiasts.
  8. Home Sharing Between Elderly and University Students

    Read how home sharing systems between elderly and college students can solve elderly isolation, youth housing problems and more.
  9. Tel Aviv - The Smart City

    Overview on how the smart city tries to act as an arena where residents, business, third sector organizations and the Municipality itself can collaborate to achieve social and economic prosperity.
  10. What Makes the Sharing Economy Successful? An Empirical Examination of Competitive Customer Value Propositions

    This paper identifies a CVP for the sharing economy business model