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From Zipcar to the Sharing Economy

Harvard Business Review

Collectively, they're spawning a range of efficient new "as-a-service" business models in industries as diverse as accommodation, transportation, household appliances, and high-end clothing. Led by the writings of Michael Hammer and Tom Davenport , firms realized that they didn't need to organize work the way they used to.

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The Long Road to “You’re Hired!”

Harvard Business Review

Don't Drink Your Own Kool-Aid A Broken Place: The Spectacular Failure of the Start-Up that Was Going to Change the World Fast Company Better Place was the car-battery start-up that was going to revolutionize transportation until it didn''t.

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The Real Reason Uber Is Giving Up in China

Harvard Business Review

In a group photograph, 30 CEOs with a combined market capitalization of $2.5 It is true that Kalanick consistently called China the most important market for Uber. Uber truly wanted to succeed in its fastest-growing market, one where taxi drivers outnumber their U.S. trillion smiled for the camera alongside the Chinese leader.