Perspectives on the Sharing Economy

Dominika Wruk, Achim Oberg, Indre Maurer

Publikation: Buch, Herausgeberschaft, BerichtSammelband (Herausgeberschaft)

Abstract

Sharing instead of owning is one of the major trends in modern (business) life. By changing how people consume, the rise of the sharing economy has the potential to redefine the role of owners, consumers and producers, change their mode of transaction, create innovative business models, disrupt existing industries, and challenge political and regulative institutions. In addition to these practical implications, the sharing economy phenomenon represents a novel playground for theoretical advancement, attracting a multitude of research and researchers from different disciplines. While this can potentially open up new avenues for practice and theory to stimulate each other, they do not seem to go hand-in-hand at the moment. This volume brings together research from a wide variety of theoretical backgrounds and disciplines to encourage academic discourse on the sharing economy phenomenon. It comprises contributions that are grounded in different theoretical perspectives, including business history, economics, strategic management, organization studies, information systems, political science, legal studies, linguistics, and semantics. While all contributions focus on the sharing economy phenomenon, they examine the subject from different disciplinary angles. Together, they provide a coherent and comprehensive overview of research on the sharing economy.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
ErscheinungsortNewcastle upon Tyne
VerlagCambridge Scholars Publishing
Seitenumfang174
ISBN (Print)9781527535121
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2019

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