Abstract
Sustainability promotes a feasible strategy to achieve a continuous development of the economy, society, and environment. This study aims to analyze the growing efforts on researches made by academic communities in exploring the sharing economy as a potential approach to promote sustainable development. A bibliometric approach with VOSviewer and COOC analysis was applied. A total number of 975 published articles were analyzed in this study. As a result, it was found that few studies have shed light on collaborative and sustainable consumption, climate change, and bioeconomy in the sharing economy by country, such as renewable resources and business models, circular economy in China, and life cycle assessment, particularly taking evidence from the urban mobility services in China. It was also revealed that there is a new indiscipline research trend in the field of sustainable development such as sustainable business models, game theory, blue economy, peer-to-peer accommodation, smart grids, and electric vehicles. Other trend concentrates on technological advancements and policies to promote sustainable development in the sharing economy.
Highlights
As an everlasting topic in the economic and social progress of human beings, sustainable development can be dated back to the 1960s when environmental consciousness emerged in the society as economic development was obtained at the cost of environmental degradation (Cao et al, 2019)
It was found that few studies have shed light on collaborative and sustainable consumption, climate change, and bioeconomy in the sharing economy by country, such as renewable resources and business models, circular economy in China, and life cycle assessment, taking evidence from the urban mobility services in China
Norway that concentrate on circular economy, collaborative consumption, sustainable consump- The co-cited journals in the retrieved references tion, innovation, and sustainable business mod- are grouped into four clusters (Figure 5) and the els
Summary
As an everlasting topic in the economic and social progress of human beings, sustainable development can be dated back to the 1960s when environmental consciousness emerged in the society as economic development was obtained at the cost of environmental degradation (Cao et al, 2019) It refers to the “development that meets the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs and aspirations” (Steurer et al, 2005), which is defined as the strategy of maximizing the net gains of economic growth while preserving natural resources and providing quality goods and services (Barbier, 1989). Citation Index (SSCI) in the Core Collection of Web of Science, which is referred to as the most important and influential database to re-
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