All those children’s TV shows and stories lied: Sharing is not easy. Sharing is, in fact, enormously complex, prone to fraud and frustration, at least...
Carsharing digital marketplaces also enable owners to rent out their vehicles to customers. But how can owners trust their automobiles to strangers? The following case...
After an influx of investors turned the rental scooter market into a multibillion-dollar industry, startups in the space are clamoring for capital and customer loyalty....
Trust keeps the sharing economy afloat. It’s what makes sellers feel comfortable with lending their personal properties to buyers whom they have never met. It’s...
Here’s an exercise that may come off as too academic – like a debate over how many angels fit on a pinhead – but is really...
Shopping on a traditional, narrowly focused eCommerce site is one thing. Consumers are dealing with a single merchant, and the working assumption is that the...
Consumers who rent a vacation home through Airbnb must trust that the keys will be there for them upon arrival, as much as the host...
YapStone, the online and mobile payment company, has raised $71 million in venture capital funding. According to news from Financial Technology Partners, which advised YapStone on...