What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

by Botsman, Rachel

• ISBN13: 9780062046451
• ISBN10: 0062046454
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-14
• Publisher: St Martins Pr

Summary

The recent changes in our economic landscape have notably exposed and intensified a phenomenon: an explosion in sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting, and swapping. From enormous marketplaces such as eBay and craigslist to emerging sectors such as peer-to-peer lending (Zopa) and car sharing (Zipcar), Collaborative Consumption is disrupting outdated modes of business and reinventing not only what we consume, but how we consume.

Author Biography

Rachel Botsman writes, consults, and speaks on the power of collaboration and sharing, and on how it can transform the way we live. She received her BFA (with honors) from the University of Oxford and undertook her postgraduate studies at Harvard University. She has consulted with businesses around the world on brand and innovation strategy, and was a former director at the William J. Clinton Foundation. Rachel has lived and worked in the UK, the USA, Asia, and Australia. Roo Rogers is an entrepreneur and the president of Redscout Ventures, a venture company in New York. He has served as the cofounding partner of OZOlab and the former CEO of OZOcar, and his other endeavors include Drive Thru Pictures, UNITY TV, and Wenite. He received his BA from Columbia College and his Masters in Economic Development from University College London. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What's Mine Is Yours	p. ix
Context
Enough Is Enough	p. 3
All-Consuming	p. 19
From Generation Me to Generation We	p. 41
Groundswell
The Rise of Collaborative Consumption	p. 67
Better Than Ownership	p. 97
What Goes Around Comes Around	p. 123
We Are All in This Together	p. 153
Implications
Collaborative Design	p. 185
Community Is the Brand	p. 199
The Evolution of Collaborative Consumption	p. 211
Acknowledgments	p. 227
Interviewees	p. 231
Collaborative Consumption Hub	p. 235
Selected Bibliography	p. 237
Notes	p. 243
Index	p. 269
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