What opportunities do cooperative models and blockchain technology offer for the sharing economy? In cooperation with researchers at the University of Mannheim and the Fraunhofer IBP in Stuttgart, IÖW investigates forms of decentralization in the [...]
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We are nearing the planet’s ecological limits, in large part due to current consumption and production patterns of industrial countries. Although innovations have been able to considerably increase energy and resource efficiency in recent years, [...]
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In vielen deutschen Städten wächst die Bevölkerung. Das führt zu einem erhöhten Flächenverbrauch in den Städten: Wohnungen und Gewerbebauten werden realisiert, zentrale Infrastrukturen etwa im Mobilitätsbereich eingerichtet. Die damit einhergehende [...]
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The project “Peer-Sharing” focuses on innovative online-platforms, which act as an intermediary for peer-to-peer (consumer to consumer) lending, buying or swapping of products or services. At this point digital peer-to-peer sharing is a niche [...]
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Product information serves to provide consumers with information and guidance about the sustainability of goods. Thus, product information works as a decision-making aid between more or less sustainable products. Given the overall importance of the [...]
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