Tomas Hult talks with O.C. Ferrell, University Distinguished Chair in Business Ethics, at Belmont University. The focus of the interview is on “Micropreneurs and the Sharing Economy.”

Micro-entrepreneurs, also known as micropreneurs, are very small-scale businesses with no more than five employees; some 95 percent of small businesses are microbusinesses. They discuss these micropreneurs involvement in the gig economy and the sharing economy, and what the implications are for the future of business in the global marketplace.