Research

Authors:  Jonathan Hall and Alan Krueger Date published:  January 2015 Why did we select this research? This paper from Princeton University provides the first comprehensive analysis of Uber’s driver-partners, based on both survey data and ano...

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.

What are platform cooperatives and how can they contribute to a more worker-friendly collaborative economy? Trebor Scholz outlines 10 principles for platform cooperativism.

This study sheds light on user behavior on crowdfunding platforms by investigating projects and donations on a Swiss crowdfunding platform.

Mark Boons explains how users interact with crowdsourcing platforms and the role of a user on the crowdsourcing platforms. He explores whether every user is equally valuable in their contributions.

The article looks at whether citizens, who already pay taxes, contribute to civic development over crowdfunding platforms are paying for what governments should be financing.

Lloyd's surveyed 5000 consumers from the U.S.A., U.K., and China, in addition to representatives from 30 sharing platforms on their perception and management of risks related to the sharing economy.

The paper explores the relationship between entrepreneurship and maker movements, as part of innovative thinking processes.

The report presents the results of a large-scale survey to investigate the potentials of co-working spaces to act as communities for innovation.