What's Mine Is Yours Intl: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption - Couverture souple

Botsman, Rachel; Rogers, Roo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0062046454 ISBN 13 : 9780062046451

Editeur : Harper Business, 2010

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The recent changes in our economic landscape have only exposed and intensified a phenomenon: People are using Collaborative Consumption organized sharing, bartering, lending trading, renting, gifting and swapping-to get the same fulfillment and benefits of ownership with reduced personal burden and cost as well as lower environmental impact.

In What's Mine Is Yours, Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers identify how the convergence of social networks, a renewed belief in the importance of community, pressing environmental concerns, and cost consciousness have fueled the international growth of Collaborative Consumption. Botsman and Roo pinpoint three systems of this new consumer paradigm-Product Service Systems, Collaborative Lifestyles, and Redistribution Markets and demonstrate how together, they are transforming notions of ownership, the consumer-producer relationship, and even the marketplace itself.

Building on the philosophy of sharing sites such as Wikipedia, Twitter, and Flickr, and established peer-to-peer marketplaces such as eBay and Craigslist, Collaborative Consumption is in a rapid state of evolution and has already given rise to the likes of car sharing (Zipcar), bike sharing (Bixi, Vélib) swap trading (SwapStyle, Toyswap, Swaptreet), peer-to-peer rental (Zilok, RelayRides), travel (couchsurfing, AirBnB), social lending (Zopa), bartering (Bartercard, Barterquest), co-working (HubCulture), neighborhood sharing (WeCommune, Sharesomesugar), and so on. Although these examples range enormously in scale, maturity, and purpose, they share similar underlying principles- critical mass, the power of excess capacity, belief in the commons, and trust between strangers.

Traveling among the entrepreneurs and revolutionaries from all around the world, the authors explore how Collaborative Consumption has the potential to create more sustainable consumerism and increased alternatives to outdated modes of business.

Quatrième de couverture :

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 asdiverse 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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Business
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0062046454
• ISBN 13: 9780062046451
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304