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Are You Ready for the Sharing Economy?

MIT Supply Chain

In October 2007, Brian Chesky, a recent college grad, gave up his job hunt in Los Angeles to stay with a friend in San Francisco. [i] A large conference for industrial designers had come to San Francisco and overwhelmed the local hotel market. and New York. [iv] Canada, and Europe.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 27 – March 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Those same words were also said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days. San Francisco-based Starsky, which has raised $3.75 Guess what? It’s going to happen again, so you better prepare.