The RSA primer on the sharing economy is being published tomorrow. There will be a read-only version on Medium and a download available on the RSA website.

The report is essentially a primer on the business model of sharing economy platforms, understanding how the model enables a rise to power and what that means for us all in terms of either trying to manage or counter the influence of these platforms.

In the report, the RSA offers:

·         A new concept of ‘shared value creation’;

·         A new process by which we can understand the monopolistic elements of some platforms, which we refer to as ‘crowdsourcing monopoly power’

·         An alternative approach to shaping the sharing economy through ‘shared regulation’

·         An overview of the trade-offs (opportunities and challenges) of the sharing economy from a range of perspectives, presented as the starting point for shared regulation