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<div>For anyone looking for alternatives to the SSRN Elsevier sell-out scenario:</div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>Article here:</div>
<div>http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-platform-coops-can-beat-death-stars-like-uber-to-create-a-real-sharing-economy</div>
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<div>I am not an expert, just found this interesting and relevant.</div>
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<div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">best,</div>
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<div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Heather Morrison </div>
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