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  1. Concept and Practice of the Circular Economy

    This review presents the basic concept of CE and its association with sustainable development in developed and developing countries.
  2. Circular Economy for Sustainable Development

    This background report seeks to provide a condensed package on the circular economy; the concept, its history, potentials, business opportunities, management, and measurement.
  3. Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Creating Circular Cities (Open ALEX)

    Sharing Cities Alliance Online Seminar I February 27 2020 I Creating Circular Cities (Open ALEX)
  4. Institutional Entrepreneurship in the Platform Economy: How Uber Tried (and failed) to Change the Dutch Taxi Law

    Uber’s failure to change the Dutch taxi law stemmed from the difficulty to leverage pragmatic legitimacy among users into favorable regulatory changes in a highly institutionalized regime.
  5. Making Sense of the UK Collaborative Economy

    This report offers a detailed view of the collaborative economy in the UK.
  6.  The case for collaborative consumption

    It all started with this TED talk by Rachel Botsman. She discovered a single underlying patter under a diverse set of phenomena.
  7. Shared Mobility: How New Businesses are Rewriting the Rules of the Transportation Game

    This study from Roland Berger Strategy Consultants discusses the dramatic growth in shared mobility in cities.
  8. Scoping the Sharing Economy: Origins, Definitions, Impact and Regulatory Issues

    This working paper elaborates on the origins, definitions, impact and regulatory issues of the sharing economy.
  9. Online seminar: Airbnb Regulations in Cities

    Hosted by Tracey Cook, the aim of this seminar is to collaboratively learn how cities all over the world regulate Airbnb and similar holiday rental platforms.
  10. Sharing for People, Planet or Profit?

    This research provides an overview of why people are willing to participate in the sharing economy, by looking at economic, social and environmental motivations.