We’re sharing more and more things, from bikes to apartments to, well, everything. One CEO called it “the rise of dis-ownership.” But as this economy of shared goods and services has grown, so have ...

This interactive infographic explains some of the benefits of car sharing, and how it’s taking off around the world. The Top 11 Collaborative Consumption Stories Of 2013 We're sharing more and more ...

Some corporate marketers are stepping out bravely, evidenced by the impending national rollout of RelayRides – peer-to-peer car sharing, courtesy of GM with partner OnStar – which tips a hat to the ...

Buy, use and discard – the classic consumption model where products, and therefore raw materials, are used up in a short time span – is up for renegotiation. Our modern society is increasingly looking ...

In April of 2000, on the spur of the moment, Casey Fenton bought a cheap airplane ticket to Reykjavik, Iceland, for a long weekend. At the time, Fenton was 22 years old and had no place to stay in ...

Airbnb found itself in a public relations nightmare this summer that threatened to undermine its whole ethos of amiable and unique person-to-person connections. Gawker published an account of a user ...

This is an edited excerpt from Pablo Barros' upcoming book, Behaviour change, consumption and sustainability: how companies can influence individuals in a world in transition*, due for publication in ...

Peer-to-peer (“P2P”) business models based on the Internet and technology platforms have become increasingly innovative. As such models have proliferated, they frequently result in clashes with ...

Everything, it seems, is becoming collaborative. From Airbnb to RentCycle to Zipcar, we are swapping our cars, our homes, even our clothes with each other. According to Lauren Anderson from ...

Except for the super rich, frugal is the new black for many small-business owners and entrepreneurs. Doing more with less, but still succeeding, is the new American dream. Roughly a third of Americans ...

A few weeks ago, payments startup Stripe made it significantly easier for collaborative consumption startups to take and process payments. The company’s new technology allowed for payments to be ...

The “Sharing Economy” or collaborative consumption can be an entrepreneur‘s best friend when it works. What is certain however is that it needs to be in every traveling entrepreneur’s toolkit. I knew ...