The Collaboration Economy: How to Meet Business, Social, and Environmental Needs and Gain Competitive Advantage

Our global level of consumption requires the equivalent of 1.3 Earths every year in order to continue in perpetuity. As resources become limited, the private sector will need tocollaborate with their competitors, the public sector,and society in order to survive.Whilethe private sector as a whole is notleading such a transition now,there are asmall but growing group of stalwart companies that are renewing how their respective industries create value for their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, and supplier partners. The Collaboration Economyfocuseson the industry-level business model changes these brave individual companies are supporting. The Collaboration Economy consists of three parts. The first part shows why and how the transition from the Waste Economy to the Collaboration Economy is happening. Part two includes six chapters, each ofwhich focus on a particular industry--individual consumption, food, energy, water, recycling, and shipping - and profiles the companies that are changing the business models in those industries. Companies profiles include: Unilever, GE, Coca-Cola, Nestle, Grieg Shipping, and Hitachi among others.