Sentences with phrase «sharing economies such»

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While other sharing - economy companies, such as Airbnb, take an «ask forgiveness rather than permission» approach, Scorpio and her co-founders wanted to do things by the book.

As the second - largest economy in the world, and the fastest growing of the major economies, China has tremendous influence on global economic growth, not to mention the companies whose share values rely on such growth.

Many taxpayers who earn income from working in the sharing economy do not receive any such form, potentially making them less likely to report that income.

And the whole people - as - a-service aspect of the renting economy (sorry, it's not a «sharing» economy if you're getting paid to share) seems to be losing some of its luster as it becomes clear just how little many of these contingent workers, such as Uber drivers, are earning.

The company's chief executive has spent two years developing the idea, which could grow to eventually allow individuals to sell all sorts of services and ultimately even put it in competition with other sharing economy services, such as Uber or Lyft.

But the fast - paced and often double - digit growth that propelled such prosperity can't be maintained as services become a larger share of the economy.

Furthermore, a study by JPMorgan Chase looked specifically at gig economy workers working for labor platforms — such as ride - sharing companies — and capital platforms, like temporarily renting one's apartment.

John Doerr lecture at UC Berkeley in a Q&A session where he discussed topics such as startups, healthcare, education, policy & politics, venture capital, the sharing economy, and jobs in emerging markets.

Last week I shared two such examples, including Scottish gambler John Law's four - year experiment with paper money in the early eighteenth century, which ruined France's economy and laid the groundwork for the French Revolution.

Fifth, inflation mismeasurement may be growing as the share in the economy of items such as heathcare, where quality is hard to adjust for, grows.

The same went for shares in other export - driven economies such as China and South Korea.

As she progressed with a wider target market, she came to know intimately the challenges of fast - growing tech companies in the sharing economy category, such as Lyft, Etsy and TaskRabbit who experienced bottlenecks in managing their expansive external «workforce» and mobilizing their vendors.

The tourism, financial services and real estate sectors of Lebanon's economy are booming, and overseas remittances are pouring in from the Lebanese expatriate community, which has increasing ties to the country, making it one of the largest recipients of such income in the world, in terms of share of gross domestic product.

In recent months we have shared our concern about such a direction, given the strategic value of YVR to B.C.'s and Canada's economy.

Wein Views Byron Wein shares his thoughts in Barron's about indicators that could disrupt the economy, including the narrow yield curve, the Fed's interest rate moves, and an exogenous event such as military conflict.

In fact, this economy is driven by faith, faith in investments whether it be coporate shares or investments one's education or the education of the next generation, faith in our leaders such as the POTUS or Congress.

And I share their belief that the contemporary state, economy, and civil society are deeply flawed: Each suffers a severe normative deficiency, such that proper structural integration among them is hard to envision.

This implicates groups such as the European Union, Mercosur in Latin America or ASEAN, all of which represent firstly an extension of the dimension of the market, but they can also give real, even shared, power to States to govern their own economy.

Like others promoting a dialogue between religion and economics (such as Lorna Gold in The Sharing Economy), I believe that there must be a place for religion in our quest to find solutions to the deepening crises of injustice and inequality in the globalized eEconomy), I believe that there must be a place for religion in our quest to find solutions to the deepening crises of injustice and inequality in the globalized economyeconomy.

In Japan, a system of lifetime employment in many big businesses, a tradition of employer provided benefits such as housing in many cases, and a wage system in those kinds of businesses where workers receive a substantial share of their annual income in the form of an annual bonus whose size can be used to buffer good and bad years for a company sharing risks and rewards with workers instead of limiting the risks and rewards to an investor class, have contributed to low levels of income inequality in the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries with comparable levels of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countries.

New York State Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF - Glenville) and his Senate colleagues today took a major step forward in helping grow Upstate New York's economy by passing new legislation to bring popular ride sharing services such as Uber and Lyft to the 49th Senate District and across Upstate New York.

Transportation planning will play a critical role in the design and development of the smart cities of the future especially in light of the «sharing economy» of consumer - to - consumer services such as ride - sharing schemes and home and office rental schemes.

This is partially explained by increases in truck share for all four, however other companies such as Mazda and Kia also had large increases in truck share while improving overall fuel economy.

Even if large districts do enjoy important economies of scale, small - district subsidies discourage merging or sharing services across districts, both potential means for gaining such economies.

Professions requiring high levels of social interaction — such as managers, teachers, nurses, therapists, consultants, and lawyers — have grown by nearly 12 percentage points as a share of all jobs in the United States economy in the last 30 years.

The modern economy has left behind the nearly two - thirds of workers without a college degree.5 Over the past 50 years, job creation has mainly been in industries such as health care; business and financial services; education; and government services, where a large proportion of jobs require some postsecondary training or college degrees.6 Meanwhile, the share of jobs in industries that historically have not required any postsecondary training has shrunk dramatically.

While we originally perceived such smartphone - era, sharing - economy services to be something people did to make a little extra scratch in their spare time using the cars they already owned, it's easy to see why the presumption has changed.

Furthermore, DOT is helping Americans use less gas by promoting transportation options, such as bus rapid transit, light rail, streetcars and bike shares, as well as raised fuel economy standards for their cars.

Continue the development of the Toolkit, by updating of Version 1.0, to include DOT and public feedback as well as additional sections on specific issues such as: safety (NHTSA), pipelines (PHMSA), climate change, and emerging technologies, sharing economy and alternative fuels (OST Research).

With a handful of months before launch, there's still plenty to learn, such as final fuel economy numbers and pricing, which we'll share in the months ahead when we get them, but it appears that Honda has created a compelling design worthy enough to wear the Accord badge and take America's bestselling midsize sedan into its 10th generation.

As value shares bounced back at the tail - end of 2016, with prospects for the economy improving, lower quality, cheap companies from sectors such as financials and commodities stormed ahead.

As a result, the Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (VT) allocates just 2.5 % to China — considerably less that than the share allotted to much smaller economies such as Canada, Switzerland and France.

With the advent of the sharing economy and websites such as Airbnb, ordinary individuals can become landlords.

As the second - largest economy in the world, and the fastest growing of the major economies, China has tremendous influence on global economic growth, not to mention the companies whose share values rely on such growth.

Small cap equities may be a better «pure play» on the economies where shares are traded, and as such funds like SCHC can be nice complements to other EFA products.

@JBentley — The cost of real estate (such as residential property, and the real estate used for retailing, restaurants, office space, and manufacturing) is already such a large fraction of the economy that the share of a region's economy that is spent on rent (or rent substitutes, such as the cost of home ownership) can not greatly exceed the region's economic growth rate for more than one or two business cycles.

Local Accommodation — Opt for accommodation with locals, such as through Couchsurfing, Airbnb and other similar sharing economy networks, or locally owned guesthouses and b & bs.

Certainly such collaboration, with the experience Fazzone gained while at Art Basel, could benefit fairs by sharing expertise and achieving economies of scale in, say, VIP programming or communications.

And with the rise of sharing economy services such as AirBnB, offering a tiny house as a vacation or short - term rental home could be a way to get around the residency and building code issues of having a second dwelling on your property.

What worries me is how much time it takes for people to share long - range views like yours and to adopt farsighted proposals like the ones you are putting forward because the necessary changes that are in store for «the masters of the universe» — the leaders who rule the global political economy in its current, patently unsustainable form — will find such changes categorically unacceptable.

What worries me is how much time it takes for people to share sensible long - range views like yours and to adopt farsighted proposals like the ones you are putting forward because the necessary changes that are in store for «the masters of the universe» — the leaders who rule the global political economy in its current, patently unsustainable form — will find such changes categorically unacceptable.

However, views on how such policies impact the economy are mixed, with roughly even shares saying these policies have a net positive, net negative and no effect on the economy.

Here's what is required (leaving aside Theresa May's electorally hamstrung inability to deliver much of it): The entire cabinet and every business leader the government's black book can muster, on stage for the launch of the new strategy; an explicit declaration that this, full decarbonization of the economy, is the post-Brexit economic strategy; clear and attractive retail policies, such as a diesel scrappage scheme, tax breaks for green investment, new apprenticeships, a green home building program; an open invitation to all opposition party leaders to share a platform to support the plan with a declaration that while they may not agree on every component they fully endorse the over-arching goal; a willingness to shame those party leaders who play party politics and refuse to turn up; a fortnight - long program where each day sees a new cabinet member explain how the plan will transform parts of the economy; a Royal Commission on the flaws of GDP as an economic measure and the viability of alternative quality of life metrics; and, yes, a brave assertion that carbon intensive industries will have to transform or be scaled back, backed by a decarbonization adaptation fund to help affected communities respond to this global trend.

Fast - developing countries such as China promised to limit emissions as a share of their growing economies, while wealthy nations such as the United States pledged reductions from historic levels.

Millennials make use of sharing economy services — such as bike sharing and peer - to - peer lodging — at a rate more than double their Baby Boomer and Gen X peers, and are interested in expanding their sharing practices.

The report confirms that the sharing (or gig) economy is extremely precarious — by forcing its participants to accept the status of «independent contractor», they are not employees and as such they are not protected by employment law and do not contribute towards employment insurance and other social safety net programs.

Entire new business models such as Airbnb and Uber, and more broadly the sharing economy itself, have emerged to capitalise on this trend.

A «virtual» law firm is a decentralised legal practice where lawyers work remotely and use shared services provided by a central hub, as such they are at the top - end of the gig economy.

Currently in the master of information program, completing a concentration in critical information policy studies, Dockstator began his time at the LCO researching the sharing economy, which includes services such as Uber and Airbnb, to determine what type of projects the commission could pursue in that area.

The so - called «sharing economy,» pioneered by platforms such as Uber and Airbnb, is a marketplace for exchange of goods and services powered by digital technologies.