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In the first article of this series, Online Gig Economy Up 26% Over Last Year: Oxford Internet Institute, we covered the demand side of the global online work marketplace — specifically overall growth in projects posted in the aggregate and by region/country and occupational category. It bears repeating here that the subject workforce is what has been called “digitally delivered” labor (i.e., online freelancing and crowd work) consisting of “temporary and project-based work conducted remotely over digital platforms.” In this article, we summarize new iLabour Project research focused on the demand side of the marketplace, in particular the number of online workers (by region/country and occupational category).

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Editor’s note: This is the final post in a three-part series on digital disruption from a procurement professional’s perspective. Also check out Part 1 and Part 2.

Unintended consequences are mostly thought of negatively, but sometimes unexpected things open the door of opportunity. When you undertake a digital project, you often are dealing with the new and untried — and the chance of some pleasant unintended consequences. That’s when things get fun.