Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

9-2020

Abstract

The sharing economy proposes a new approach to designing and delivering products and services, that aims at avoiding waste, improving efficiency, and favoring bottom-up change. In this research commentary, we survey the current state of things and propose some directions for research. We first describe the industries, products, and services currently representing the sharing paradigm, the technology platforms enabling it, the business models driving it, and the regulatory issues. We envisage that promising areas of research should include: (1) devising more efficient algorithms; (2) considering ecological and prosocial objective functions; (3) dealing with regulatory issues; (4) expanding the span of research to cover more geographical areas and a wider set of services; and (5) supporting services with more reliable reputation and recommendation systems.

Keywords

Business models, Economic theory, Regulation, Research commentary, Research directions, Sharing economy, Sustainability, Technology platforms

Discipline

Databases and Information Systems | E-Commerce

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Publication

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volume

43

First Page

1

Last Page

19

ISSN

1567-4223

Identifier

10.1016/j.elerap.2020.100973

Publisher

Elsevier

Embargo Period

6-10-2021

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2020.100973

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