Abstract
That paper is motivated by the fact that the development of a joint consumption economy is one of the most significant trends in the modern economy. The object of the study is an array of publications indexed in Scopus and devoted to the analysis of the patterns of development a joint consumption economy (sharing economy) for the period from 2000 to 2019. The study shows a dynamic growth of the number of the publications describing the impact of new digital technologies and digital on-line technological platforms based on the Internet on fundamental changes in the field of individual consumption of households. The analysis of the content of publications of Russian and foreign authors indexed in Scopus database and Russian national bibliographic database (2000-2019) allowed the authors to identify at least the six key areas of modern research of a joint consumption economy. The paper considers each of the six key areas of a joint consumption economy. Authors has predicted the emergence of new areas of research of a joint consumption economy as new trends emerge in the field of individual consumption of modern households in the context of the constant progress of digital technologies.
Highlights
In recent decades, one of the most discussed concepts among economists is the concept of the digital economy
The result of the study is the identification of the key areas of research by Russian and foreign authors of a joint consumption economy as follows: First, a research of the impact of Industry 4.0 technologies on the development of services for individual consumption of modern households
Our study showed a significant increase in publications indexed in Scopus database, starting in 2011, regardless of the terms were used by the authors to describe the new trends in the field of personal consumption of households
Summary
One of the most discussed concepts among economists is the concept of the digital economy. The most active in the study of new trends in the field of the personal consumption of households are Chinese, American and British authors, whose publications make up the majority of all publications paced in the Scopus database (Fig.4) This is due to the significant level of the penetration of the digital technologies into the individual household consumption in these countries. Despite the use of different terms by authors in publications, most of the researchers highlight the common features of the characteristics of new trends in the provision of new services for organizing individual consumption of modern households [6, 7] These features reflect the growing influence of DOTP on the field of individual consumption of households in developed economies. Finding an answer to this question is the purpose of the study in that article
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