[GOAL] Platform cooperativism: alternative to explore for scholarly social sharing?

[Heather Morrison]

For anyone looking for alternatives to the SSRN Elsevier sell-out scenario:

The idea of platform cooperativism looks like it might be worth exploring as an alternative for social scholarly sharing. The idea is that contributors are members / partners who have equity.

Article here:
http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-platform-coops-can-beat-death-stars-like-uber-to-create-a-real-sharing-economy

I am not an expert, just found this interesting and relevant.

best,

Heather Morrison
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