platforms2share
Which opportunities do cooperative models and blockchain technology offer to the platform economy? What are other potential pathways toward a more sustainable platform economy?
Today, new digital platforms for sharing, swapping and other ways of collaborative consumption are widely associated with positive economic, ecological and social effects. At the same time, existing platforms like Airbnb and Uber are increasingly criticized in public debate for having negative effects on people, local economies and our planet. As a counter model, new decentral models combining alternative organizational forms (such as platform cooperatives) and new technologies (such as Blockchain technology) are discussed and tested. These and other alternative models promise to better reach social-ecological goals and offer potential to transform the sharing and platform economy.
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platforms2shareIntroduction to the Special Issue Platform Economy - Journal Article in Ökologisches WirtschaftenIn their introduction to the special issue on the platform economy, the authors Wruk, Pentzien, Wolff and Kludas sketch out the current controversy over the platform economy. | ||
On Octorber 17th 2018, platforms2share hosted a workshop for its partners in the field discussing aspects of how to sustain the digital platform economy. The workshop aimed for a better understanding of differnt market levels relevant for regulating the platform economy. | ||
platforms2shareplatforms2share at VÖW Herbstakademie "Sharing at the City"What forms of sharing contribute to more sustainable lifestyles and how do they diffuse? How do established firms deal with the sharing trend and what implications does this have for their environment? These questions guided the VÖW Herbstakademie 2018. Dominika Wruk from platforms2share discussed at the final panel challenges of sharing organizations "between voluntary work and business". | ||
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