my-viewson-the-sharing-economy

myviewsonthesharingeconomyThankstothesocialweb,youcannowshareanythingwithanyoneanywhtereintheworld.Thesharingeconomycontinuestogainpopularity,withaflurryofstartupsgrowingrapidlytokeepupwithallofthis“on-demand”demand.TheSharingEconomytrendispresentedonagloballevel.Althoughtherearestillalotofopposition,Ithinkthesharingeconomyhasabrightfuture.Fistofall,thesharingeconomycanhelpfillpeople’sholesinincomebymonetizingidlestuffandsurpluslaborincreativeways.Inmanycases,peoplejointhesharingeconomybecausethey'verecentlylostafull-timejob,includingafewcaseswherethepricingstructureofthesharingeconomymayhavemadetheiroldjobslessprofitable.AndIthinkinalmosteverycase,whatcompelspeopletoopenuptheirhomesandcarstocompletestrangersismoney.Secondly,thebenefitsofsharingeconomyincludereducingcarbonfootprintbysharingtransportationandassets,andsavingcostsbyborrowingandrecyclingitems.Thesharingeconomyallowspeopletotakeidlecapitalandturnthemintorevenuesources.Peoplearetakingsparebedroom,cars,toolstheyarenotusingandbecomingtheirownentrepreneurs.Thirdly,thesharingeconomyhaveapositiveimpactoneconomicgrowthandwelfare,bystimulatingnewconsumption,byraisingproductivity,andbycatalyzingindividualinnovationandentrepreneurship.Thesharingeconomypromotesandprioritizescheapfaresandlowcostsratherthanpersonalrelationships,whichistiedtosimilarissuesincrowdsourcing.Thesharingeconomyhastaughtpeopletoprioritizecheapandeasyaccessoverinterpersonalcommunication.What’smore,thesharingeconomycanpromotethedevelopmentofnew-bornthings.ThesharingeconomymodelisusedinmarketplacessuchaseBay,Taobao,andJingdong,emergingsectorssuchassociallending,peer-to-peeraccommodation,peer-to-peertravelexperiences,peer-to-peertaskassignmentsortraveladvising,carsharingorcommute-bussharing.Lastbutnotleast,thismodelisenabledbytechnologythatmakesconnectionsbetweenpeople,goodsandservicesmoreefficient,resultinginnewcommunities,organizationsandbusinessmodelsforthepublicandprivatesector.Technologiessuchasmobiledevices,socialmedia,theInternet,networkedcommunications,3Dprintersandsensorsallowindividualsandorganizationstodirectlyshareexistingresourcesratherthanwaitforthird-partybusinessesorgovernmentstodeliverthedesiredgoodsandservices.Thesepeople-to-peopleorpeer-to-peermodelscreateanewopportunityforindividuals,communities,governmentsandcorporationstotransactandcollaborate.Inaword,thesharingeconomyisasocio-economicsystembuiltaroundthesharingofhumanandphysicalresources.Aconsensusisthatwheninformationaboutgoodsisshared,thevalueofthosegoodsmayincrease,forthebusiness,forindividuals,andforthecommunity.So,Ithinkthesharingeconomyhasabrightfuture.