| dc.description.abstract | It has been argued that sharing economies allow individuals and groups
to make money from underused assets. In this way, physical assets are shared
as services. For example, a car owner may allow someone to rent out her
vehicle while she is not using it, or a house owner may rent out his home while
he’s on vacation. The project will focus on sourcing deal opportunities in the
emerging sector Sharing Economy which is built on the concepts of
collaborative consumption relationship economy, access economy (as
opposed to ownership) and peer-to- peer economy. The three key drivers of
the concept have been technology (peer-to-peer social networking,
innovative mobile technology, peer to peer payment systems, reduced
transaction costs, etc.), social changes (increasing population density, desire
for community, etc.) and economy (monetize excess or idle resources,
increase avenues for revenues, influx of VC funding, etc.). | en_US |
