# Prof. Arun Sundararajan on the emergence and evolution of the sharing economy

1 Faculty News September 27, 2013 ![Los Angeles Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032838.jpg?itok=d4eVwIbD)>

Excerpt from [Los Angeles Times](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20130927,0,2736217.column) -- "Years of experience with Amazon.com have accustomed us to transacting business online, and eBay has given people confidence that a business deal 'doesn't have to have a brand name on the other side,' says [Arun Sundararajan](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), an expert in digital technologies at New York University."

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