Sentences with phrase «on sharing economy»

The Caribbean Tourism Organisation and Airbnb have signed a landmark agreement to develop a set of policy principles and recommendations on the sharing economy for Caribbean governments and other stakeholders.

Last month we wrote about a survey from Allianz Global Assistance focusing on the sharing economy.

Some travelers who've been burned on sharing economy websites no longer want to deal directly with homeowners.

He's also an expert on the sharing economy.

This suit - and other related suits and government rulings - will have a major impact on the sharing economy.

The stage is set for a legal showdown over Uber drivers and the outcome could have a wide - ranging impact on the sharing economy.

Have you heard the one about the Silicon Valley executive who went all - in on the sharing economy?

There is a burgeoning market of businesses building on sharing economies.

She previously spent two years at Business Insider covering tech startups focused on the shared economy, IoT and music industry.

Not exact matches

With a community as active and growing as the on - demand economy, there are plenty of opportunities to network, share tips and even make friend.

Luckily, the sharing economy means that small businesses have thousands of resources at their disposal (including web designers, IT programmers, call centers and sales resources) on an hourly basis.

But drivers for ride - hailing apps increasingly hope for and even expect to receive tips, and workers in other areas of the sharing and on - demand economies are also hopeful that you might add a little bit to their fare.

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.

With the sharing economy expanding and on - demand services booming, there are more rating and review systems being established to help people decide whom to do business with, said Karissa Sparks, the vice president of marketing at the reputation management firm Reputation.com.

Over the past decade, domestic consumption's share of the economy has plunged from around half to a miniscule 35 %, the lowest of any significant economy ever, according to Michael Pettis, a finance professor at Peking University whose online writings have become must - reads for those eager to divine what's really going on in China.

I also asked Chesky to weigh in on the recent tumult at Uber, a company often lumped into the same bucket as Airbnb as the poster children of the «sharing economy» and which has been dealing with extensive fallout from accusations of an aggressive and sexist culture and a leaked video showing CEO Travis Kalanick berating an Uber driver.

But it does demonstrate the downside to the so - called sharing economy and on - demand services.

The «southern» economies of China, India and Brazil are on the verge of retaking their historically dominant share of the world economy, surpassing the Group of Six northerly industrialized economies (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, U.K., U.S.), according to the UN's 2013 Human Development Report.

Fatherly's list of the 20 Most Innovative Companies for kids and parents features both the sharing economy and new takes on old favorites.

They're then able to build on the fact that there is little or no government oversight — not to mention taxes — on many of the sharing economy's business traffic opportunities.

Dropbox on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its popular cloud storage and file sharing service that specifically freelancers and contractors of the gig economy.

In September, in the most worrisome setback yet for 1099 - reliant sharing - economy companies, a federal judge granted class status to Uber drivers, vastly upping the stakes on its legal defense and the likelihood it will have to settle.

Where Kickstarter uses the web to connect like - minded niche consumers and capitalizes on existing social networks for marketing, other examples of the sharing economy follow a more traditional path.

From competitive mortgages to the shared economy and a generation uber focused on convenience, the housing market has come a long way since the Great Recession.

For example, policy - makers at the federal level can conduct their own research on the effects of the sharing economy and pass it along to municipal and provincial authorities.

On April 8, the Conservative Party of Canada named Alex Nuttall, the MP from Barrie — Springwater — Oro - Medonte, as the official Opposition critic for the New Sharing Economy.

«Right now, it's really hard to get a firm handle on a total figure [for] what kind of economic activity the sharing economy encompasses in Canada,» notes Sunil Johal, policy director at the Mowat Centre, an Ontario - focused public policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Governance.

«The theme of this conference, developing a digital economy for openness and shared benefits, is a vision we at Apple share,» Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Sunday.

The social media - enabled open feedback loop that's built into the sharing economy is raising the bar on service standards.

Dip in share prices and bond yields, along with the upcoming election has had an impact on the state of the global economy, causing a setback in business travel growth.

If our outstanding experiences on the consumer's side are similarly representative of the larger whole, well then it's pretty clear the so - called sharing economy is here to stay.

Back in February, I shared with you research from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which predicts that by 2050, China and India will become the world's number one and number two largest economies based on purchasing power parity (PPP).

San Francisco - based Breeze, founded this year, offers customers week - by - week access to vehicles they can use to support jobs as drivers for Uber, Lyft and other sharing - economy platforms; co-founder Jeffrey Pang describes the service as an «equalizer» for those who want to get in on the action but don't have cars of their own.

Despite the media coverage, controversy, protests and fears of disruption generated by the likes of Uber and Airbnb, those two companies remain the only sharing (or on - demand) economy players of scale in Canada.

Andrew Policano, dean of The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine, shares his thoughts on news — good and bad — in the economy.

Traditional pharmacies and sharing economy companies alike are on board with this vision to either automate diagnoses and treatment processes or eliminate the physical task of visiting a doctor or pharmacist altogether.

(See my previous piece on the unusual political and regulatory landscape in Austin, and the unique challenges it placed in front of the startups in what's known as the «sharing economy.»)

And unlike «sharing economy» darlings like Uber, Maple is dependent on its own labor, meaning it has to consider minimum wage laws, benefits, overtime pay and other regulatory matters.

An unintended consequence of the regulation is that it provided a boost to London's financial economy, as secondary share trading businesses set up in the capital to service clients across the EU, rather than being based locally or shares trading on national exchanges.

But the deal also marks yet another small but significant step towards greater regulation of Airbnb, Uber, and other companies in the so - called sharing economy, whose competitive advantage arguably hinges on its ability to operate with little oversight.

There are no better examples of the impact of the on - demand sharing economy than services like Uber and Airbnb.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The International Monetary Fund censured Venezuela on Wednesday for failing to share updated figures on its troubled economy.

Rep. Kevin Brady (R - Texas) shares his thoughts on how the new tax law has impacted the U.S. economy and businesses.

The IMF encouraged a shared endeavour among economies to make reforms, saying on Monday that the current cyclical upswing provided a good opportunity to do so.

A narrow plurality of offerors (49 percent) say the On - Demand economy should not be regulated and companies should compete to offer workers fair pay and benefits, even if it means less security, compared to 40 percent who say the government should regulate the sharing economy to guarantee independent contractors the same benefits afforded to full - time workers, even if it means fewer jobs.

It may seem odd for Chesky, the CEO of the company that, along with ride - sharing giant Uber, has become the poster child for the so - called sharing economy, to seek advice from the man who signed off on the intelligence that led to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

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