The sharing economy (aka the shared economy) refers to economic and social systems that enable shared access to goods, services, data and talent. These systems take a variety of forms but all leverage¹ information technology to empower individuals, corporations, non-profits and government with information that enables distribution, sharing and reuse of excess capacity in goods and services. A common premise² is that when information about goods is shared, the value of those goods increases, for the business, for individuals, and for the community.

 

分享经济（sharing economy或shared economy）指能够让商品、服务、数据以及才能等有共享渠道的经济社会体系。这些体系形式各异，但都是运用信息技术让个人、公司、非盈利机构以及政府掌握大量信息以让他们可以分配、共享及再利用过剩的商品和服务。该体系的共同前提是，有关商品的信息被共享以后，该商品对商家、个人以及社区的价值也随之增加。

 

Sharing economy business models emerge from our oldest instincts as humans -– cooperation, sharing, generosity³, individual choice and flexibility⁴. Models include renting, bartering⁵, loaning, gifting, swapping⁶ and forms of shared ownership such as cooperative structures. Many of the most popular models are based on what is called a "two-sided market" which is a market where an information technology-enabled platform is developed, built and maintained by a third party but the function of the platform is to enable sharing economy activities. The most popular structures include: P2P marketplaces, crowdfunding platforms, innovation marketplaces, government to business platforms, government to citizen platforms. (Source: Wikipedia)

 

分享经济的商业模式来自于我们人类最古老的本能——合作、共享、慷慨、个人选择以及灵活多变。具体模式包括租赁、易物、借贷、赠送、交换以及合作组织等所有权共享形式。很多最受欢迎的模式都是基于所谓的“双面市场”，该市场是由第三方研发、建立并维护的一个信息技术平台，其功能为共享各类经济活动信息。最受欢迎的模式有：个人对个人交易市场、集体集资平台、革新交易市场（个人用自己的学术才能帮别人解决问题）、政府对商业平台以及政府对个人平台。

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