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Articles from the category: Innovation & Work

Titelbild Blogpost: Digitalisierung im Mittelstand. Eine Brücke bei Nacht mit Lichtstreifen

4 core properties of sustainable support formats for digitalisation in SMEs

How can we communicate digitalisation in SMEs in a appropriate way for the target group? 4 core characteristics of sustainable support formats for long-term success.

Titelbild Blogpost: When self-regulation in platform entrepreneurship is an asset. Ein Einkaufswagen steht auf einem Parkplatz.

When self-regulation in platform entrepreneurship is an asset

Tina Krell interviewed Magdalena Piech from Allegro, Poland’s leading digital marketplace. What are its community-driven efforts and views on regulation and self-regulation in platform entrepreneurship?

You can see an empty platform and tracks leading around the corner, pointing the way to the future.

Drilling down on diversity in the European platform economy

The Platform Alternatives research team looks back on two years of research into the European platform economy and tells which insights have surprised them the most so far.

Titelbild technology-driven future of work: Ein Smiley auf den Asphalt gemalt.

Is an ethical pathway to a technology-driven future of work possible?

Tina Krell sat down with Zenjob co-founder and CLO Frederik Fahning. They discussed the platform dynamics in the temp industry, the labour market and the challenges of scaling in Europe.

Titelbild des Blogbeitrags Sustainable platform economy in Europe. Rohre vor einer Wand und davor grünes Gras.

Four key ideas for a sustainable platform economy in Europe

The Platform Alternatives project spoke to various highly experienced stakeholders. In this article we want to share four ideas on sustainability and fairness for platform companies.

Shaping the Airbnb Experience: How platform executives manage their service providers

Have you ever noticed that Airbnb stays tend to resemble each other quite a bit, regardless of whether you are staying in, say, London or Lisbon? If so, this is no coincidence. In this blog post, Dr. Georg von Richthofen describes the strategies and tactics which platforms such as Airbnb use to manage service providers in the sharing economy and create distinctive customer experiences.