It also shows the growing impact and large potential of collaborative consumption companies, which are redefining the meaning of economic activity in a highly Internet-connected population where sharing and renting among peers in some cases replaces ownership and buying.

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Business is a collaborative, highly social endeavor and school is an independent, highly individual activity.

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