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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Business Futures: the Sharing Economy
This online course, focused on the sharing economy in which items considered desirable and once owned by consumers, are no longer purchased but rented. Capital ownership is replaced by convenience access for a fee. The implications of this shift were investigated for their effect on both existing businesses and consumption trends. Looking at various sectors it assessed the future of sharing as an economic model and examined why it has been so successful in a relatively short timeframe
3 weeks, 2 hours per week
Samuelson Appau
Lead Educator
RMIT University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Discuss the concept of a sharing economy
- Analyse the various types of sharing economy and approaches to them
- Outline how the sharing economy impacts existing business practices and shapes consumption trends
- Assess some of the regulatory and economic implications of the sharing economy
- Identify criticisms of the sharing economy
- Investigate and sketch out what the future holds for the sharing economy
Syllabus
- The growth of the shared economy across multiple sectors which highlights the rapid global and community trend.
- How entrepreneurs have used sharing economy models to start new business opportunities.
- The different consumer experiences when using share economy brands to identify the incentives and challenges associated with each model.
- Different ways in which value is created and exchanged in the sharing economy.
- The role of the global financial crises and how it influences consumer and social consumption behaviour.
- The types of regulation that are currently in place or should be introduced to the sharing economy market to better protect the consumer.
- The environment benefits from the reuse of goods and how it can impact costs.
- The distinction between ‘sharing for profit’ and traditional sharing to inform your views on the future trend of the sharing economy.
- The implications of the sharing economy on consumption and its impact on the behaviour of peer-to-peer sharing participants and their reliance on trust currency.
Issued on 6th March 2017
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