# Professor Arun Sundararajan's remarks at the Sharing Economy Review Meeting in Japan are highlighted

1 Faculty News December 27, 2016 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031682.jpg?itok=Oxrct9Gd)>

Excerpt from the [Japan Times](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/27/business/sharing-economy-takes-off-japan-despite-barriers/) -- "[Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), a professor researching the sharing economy at New York University’s Stern School of Business, noted the industry’s potential in his keynote speech at the summit. 'Japan has a huge advantage in growing in sharing economy because it seems that there is a fundamentally high level of trust in society within groups,' he said."

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