What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption - Brossura

Rachel Botsman; Roo Rogers

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ISBN 10: 0062046454 ISBN 13: 9780062046451

Casa editrice: Harper Collins, New York, 2010

Riassunto

The recent changes in our economic landscape have notably exposed and intensified a phenomenon: an explosion in sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting, and swapping. From enormous marketplaces such as eBay and craigslist to emerging sectors such as peer-to-peer lending (Zopa) and car sharing (Zipcar), Collaborative Consumption is disrupting outdated modes of business and reinventing not only what we consume, but how we consume.

While ranging enormously in scale and purpose, these companies and organizations are redefining how goods and services are exchanged, valued, and created—in areas as diverse as finance and travel, agriculture and technology, education and retail. Traveling among global entrepreneurs and pioneers and exploring rising ventures as well as established companies adapting to these opportunities, the authors outline in bold and imaginative ways how Collaborative Consumption may very well change the world.

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Recensione:

Part cultural critique and part practical guide to the fledgling collaborative consumption market, the book provides a wealth of information for consumers looking to redefine their relationships with both the things they use and the communities they live in. --Publisher's Weekly

Collaborative consumption is an ideal signalling device for an economy based on electronic brands and ever-changing fashions. --The Economist

People are normally trustworthy and generous, and the Internet brings the good out far more than the bad. We're seeing an explosion of modest businesses where people help each other out via the Net, and What's Mine is Yours tells you what's going on, and inspires more of the same. --Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist

L'autore:

Rachel Botsman received her undergraduate degree from Oxford University, and undertook her post-graduate studies at Harvard University. She has consulted to businesses around the world on brand and innovation strategy. As a former senior director at the William J. Clinton Foundation, she spearheaded major public-private partnerships with Nickelodeon, Rachael Ray, and the NBA. She currently consults, writes and speaks on the power of collaboration and sharing. She lives in Sydney, Australia.

Roo Rogers is an entrepreneur and the president of Redscout Ventures, a venture company in New York. He has served as the cofounding partner of OZOlab and the former CEO of OZOcar, and his other endeavors include Drive Thru Pictures, Unity TV, and Wenite. He received his B.A. from Columbia College, and his Masters in Economic Development from University College London. He lives in New York City.

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• Editore: Harper Collins, New York
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0062046454
• ISBN 13: 9780062046451
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304