Sharing Economy Model Research Articles

A Systematic Literature Review of the Context of the Sharing Economy and CSR in 2017–2021

Abstract The sharing of idle assets, on which the sharing economy model is based, is associated with positive economic, environmental, and social effects, the creation of which is the basis of the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR). It would therefore seem expedient to examine the context of these phenomena, which have recently been gaining in importance, although they still remain outside mainstream research. So far, there is no study which comprehensively characterises the current state of knowledge of the context of the sharing economy and CSR, identifies research gaps, and postulates directions for future research in this area. This article addresses this gap by utilising a standalone literature review approach. An analysis of 20 publications, published on this topic in 2017–2021 in journals registered in the Web of Science and Scopus databases, was carried out. Four main research clusters were identified, these being (1) The sharing economy as a tool of the CSR concept; (2) The joint contribution of the sharing economy model and the concept of CSR towards reduction of overconsumption and wastage; (3) The importance of CSR communication for sharing economy platforms; and (4) The antagonistic relationship between the sharing economy model and the concept of CSR. The performed analysis shows the fragmented nature of existing research, but also the progressive nature of this area of research. At the same time, useful avenues for future research are postulated. This should focus on multiple lines of inquiry, including the possibility of incorporating different forms of B2B sharing into the concept of CSR, assessing the benefits, limitations, and risks of linking these two concepts, as well as exploring the synergies between the sharing economy model and the concept of CSR from the point of view of different industries, sharing segments, or regions.

Legal Risk and Prevention of Sharing Economy under the Internet

The vigorous development of the sharing economy has helped China's market economy to make steady progress. The sharing of social idle resources has greatly improved the utilization rate of resources. However, the imperfection of the corresponding legal system makes the legal status of the sharing economy unclear, and the lack of regulatory measures leads to its disorderly development and the waste of a large number of resources, which also brings considerable legal risks to the supply and demand sides of the sharing economy. As a new economic model, the sharing economy still lacks corresponding laws and regulations in terms of laws, so it is prone to legal risks. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the legal risks existing in the sharing economy and put forward reasonable prevention suggestions in order to promote the development and growth of the sharing economy model.

Platform Matters: How Can Virtual Knowledge Communities Achieve Value Co-Creation Among Users in the Sharing Economy?

Under the sharing economy model, how value is co-created has changed significantly, with users beginning to participate more actively and proactively in the value creation process of enterprises, gradually becoming the core driver of value creation. Virtual knowledge communities have developed rapidly among the application areas of the sharing economy. In the context of high-quality development, the flourishing development of virtual knowledge communities helps promote the entire flow of knowledge in society and better serves the national innovation-driven development strategy. At the same time, a series of problems have emerged in the rapid development of virtual knowledge communities, such as poor user experience, a single way of realization and uneven content in the communities. As an important channel and hub for users to exchange information and acquire knowledge, the core problem that virtual knowledge communities need to solve is attracting users and motivating them to share their expertise and actively participate in the value-creation process. Based on the Zhihu case, this paper aims to explore the value co-creation mechanism of users in virtual knowledge communities to optimize platform services, enhance user participation and promote the exchange and dissemination of knowledge.

Role of sharing economy in energy transition and sustainable economic development in China

The sharing economy is a relatively recent phenomenon that aims to promote environmentally friendly practices. The sharing economy is characterized by the convergence of information, marketing and technology to create a new paradigm in which customers value access above ownership, allowing them to make better use of resources. It provides a modern business strategy that can pave the way for energy efficiency and sustainable economic development. However, the economic and environmental effects of the sharing economy are debatable and require more research. Indeed, the sharing economy has upended the current economic standard, raising concerns about the benefits and disadvantages of the new behaviour. Therefore, the present study fills a gap in the literature by quantitatively assessing the possible impacts of the sharing economy on sustainable economic development and energy efficiency in China over the period 2000 to 2019. Recently introduced QARDL estimation methodology is applied to achieve the objective, controlling for population growth, unemployment, energy prices, and inflation. The sharing economy is shown to make a positive contribution to promoting sustainable development across all quantile ranges, while it contributes to enhanced energy efficiency at higher quantiles only. According to the findings, the sharing economy turns out to be a socioeconomic phenomenon with the potential to promote energy efficiency and sustainable development. Therefore, we emphasize the potential of the sharing economy and recommend the Chinese promote sharing economy models to reach their full potential for sustainable development in energy efficiency and economic terms by enacting suitable taxation and legislation policies.

Monetisation of digital health data through a GDPR-compliant and blockchain enabled digital health data marketplace: A proposal to enhance patient's engagement with health data repositories

With the growing use of digital technologies, the vision of a predictive, preventive and personalised healthcare system, commonly termed healthcare 4.0, is becoming tangible. However, the manifestation of healthcare 4.0 relies on empowering patients as active stakeholders of the healthcare system and transforming traditionally siloed data repositories into accessible ones. Combining blockchain-like distributed technology and Airbnb-like sharing economy model, this paper proposes a digital health data marketplace (DHDM) through which patients, as the data producer, can sell their health data to data consumers like medical practitioners, researchers, policymakers and machine learning algorithm developers without compromising privacy and security. In conjunction with the Welsh Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank, a traditional centralised and siloed data repository, DHDM was evaluated in a simulated environment to understand the technical feasibility, regulation compliance and, most importantly, the impact of such marketplace on healthcare 4.0 transformation.

Shared economy development model with economic development approach in Iran's sports industry

This study aimed to develop a model for developing a shared economy with an economic development approach in the Iranian sports industry. The research method was a two-stage exploratory combination of instrument making. In the qualitative part, the purposeful sampling method and theoretical saturation technique were performed. The tools used were to identify semi-structured interviews (with focus groups) and study documents. To ensure the validity and reliability of the study, the Lincoln and Guba evaluation methods were used. In the quantitative part, the research method was a descriptive survey. The statistical population was the economic activists in sports and sports marketing students. According to Cochran’s sample size determination formula, 384 people were considered as the sample. to collect data from the questionnaire of the framework model of the shared economy model in sports with an economic development approach that includes 43 items that have been extracted according to the theoretical foundations and the qualitative part of the research. Eight professors of sports management were used to evaluate the face validity and the carcass model was used for the content validity of the questionnaire questions. (CVR=0.86) and content validity was confirmed. Cronbach's approved alpha was also used. Descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data to evaluate the fit of the research model. The results of the research in the qualitative section showed that after examining the Delphi method and performing the first stage, 31 items were identified. In the second stage, 40 items were identified, and in the third stage; Finally, 50 items were identified. The three dimensions of human ecology, fiscal policy, and value-oriented processes emerged as a framework for the model of a shared economy in sports with an economic development approach. And in the quantitative part, the human ecology dimension with a value of 0.71 affects the value-oriented process dimension with a value of 0.65 and the fiscal policy dimension with a value of 0.63 affects the framework for the development of a shared economy in sport. The results also showed that the research model has a good fit. Therefore, it is suggested that the sports organizations' managers pay attention to the factors of this research to implement economic development by emphasizing a shared economy.

System determination of sharing platforms in the digital economy as a driver of economic growth

This publication is devoted to the study of the role of sharing platforms in ensuring economic growth. Some authors define the sharing economy as a business model that appeared due to changes in life in society, and this transformation is still one of the main prerequisites for modernizing the sharing system. Within the framework of the article, the sharing economy is considered from the perspective of a business model that is a catalyst for the transformation of people's views and lives. In addition, it is emphasized that the type of economy under study increases the efficiency of the use of the good, which regressively affects investment needs and progressively affects various aspects of economic growth. In Russia, the sharing economy is most clearly represented by the use of such resources as Delimobil, DaruDar, OtdamDarom, YouDo, BeepCar, Airbnb, Uber, BlaBlaCar. The author pays special attention to the study of the structure of the sharing economy model, defines the values and principles that unite the social, economic and environmental principles, as well as the mechanisms of sharing that contribute to the growth of the economy. The factors favoring and hindering the development of the sharing economy have been established. According to the author, the sharing economy not only brings a large number of social, political and economic benefits, but also fights environmental problems. In addition, the founders of the platforms note that sharing not only contributes to excellent earnings, but also, having a good message, inspires even more progressive and efficient activities. To confirm the overall theoretical basis, the author conducted an empirical study that determined the real prospects for this sector. His results are also presented in the final article. On their basis, the author formulated conclusions regarding the role of sharing platforms in ensuring economic growth.

Dynamic Scheduling Strategy for Shared Agricultural Machinery for On-Demand Farming Services

With the development of the “Internet +” model and the sharing economy model, the “online car-hailing” operation model has promoted the emergence of “online-hailing agricultural machinery”. This new supply and demand model of agricultural machinery has brought greater convenience to the marketization of agricultural machinery services. However, although this approach has solved the use of some agricultural machinery resources, it has not yet formed a scientific and systematic scheduling model. Referring to the existing agricultural machinery scheduling modes and the actual demand of agricultural production, based on the idea of resource sharing, in this research, the soft and hard time windows were combined to carry out the research on the dynamic demand scheduling strategy of agricultural machinery. The main conclusions obtained include: (1) Based on the ideas of order resource sharing and agricultural machinery resource sharing, a general model of agricultural machinery scheduling that meet the dynamic needs was established, and a more scientific scheduling plan was proposed; (2) Based on the multi-population coevolutionary genetic algorithm, the dynamic scheduling scheme for shared agricultural machinery for on-demand farming services was obtained, which can reasonably insert the dynamic orders on the basis of the initial scheduling scheme, and realize the timely response to farmers’ operation demands; (3) By comparing with the actual production situation, the path cost and total operating cost were saved, thus the feasibility and effectiveness of the scheduling model were clarified.

The effect of Airbnb announcements on hotel stock prices

AbstractThe sharing economy model that was developed in the last decade has a major effect on a different aspect of life. The purpose of this research is to test the effect of a sharing economy product on its competitors. Specifically, this study used the event study approach to examine how Airbnb announcements affected hotel stock prices. To accomplish this goal, we used 180 Airbnb announcements to investigate the general effect of Airbnb, and the effects according to the type of announcement and the type of audience. The findings indicate that general Airbnb announcements have a negative effect on the hotel stock prices. In addition, investors respond negatively to positive announcements but not to neutral ones. Finally, announcements targeting young people have no effect on the stock prices of hotel companies, while the effect of announcements targeting families lasts the longest. We also explored investment strategies for general investors and those with inside information. We suggest that general investors short sell the stock on the day of the news announcement. Investors with inside information should short sell the stock a few days before the day of the news announcement. In both cases, investors should close their positions a few days later depending on the type of announcement.

Research on the Relationship Between Attitude and Intention for the Development Sharing Economy Model of E-Tourism Enterprises in Vietnam

The study aims to explore the relationship between the attitude and the intention to develop the sharing economy model of enterprises in the field of online travel services in Vietnam. Based on using the method of interviewing experts and processing, analyzing, and evaluating the results of the investigation and survey of 263 enterprises (notified and registered with the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam under Decree 52/ND-CP) or foreign enterprises with representative offices/authorized agents in Vietnam), research shows perceived benefits of the sharing economy model, state support, willingness to of enterprises, market readiness is related to the development attitude and intention to develop the sharing economy model of enterprises. In addition, the authors used multi-group structural analysis among business types to assess the differences of business types towards the intention and attitude of developing the sharing economy model. such as the difference in the impact of variables in the research model between types of businesses in the field of online tourism services in Vietnam. From these results, the study implies several policies to develop the sharing economy model of enterprises in the field of online tourism services in Vietnam, as well as proposes further research directions as follows: develop a sharing economy model suitable to the scale and application of e-commerce and each type of business in the field of online tourism in Vietnam.

Competitiveness of the Shared Economy Model for Sustainable Management of Logistics Systems

This paper analyses the shared economy model to sustainably manage the tangible and in- tangible resources of logistics systems. A critical review of literature on the current supply chain management policy and technological platform in current use that supports it was done to suggest a new conceptual framework for logistics processes' sustainable management on a shared economy platform. This was examined according to how the concepts of new technologies influence logistics and the role of sustainable management platforms of the shared economy in enabling greater improved logistics processes. The inductive methodology approach was applied using multi-criteria analysis interpretive research method. The impact of the shared business model on each stakeholder and beneficiary varies according to how resources are consumed and its adoption according to the core business models requirements of each. Current scientific literature does not identify the impact this phenomenon has on companies in different sectors, as there is a lack of detailed analysis and evidence to fill this gap, particularly as the Internet of Things (IoT) monetize digital assets autonomously through the Economy of Things (EoT) marketplaces. From the analysis conducted, the findings provide a concept of the prototype framework required for the shared economy in the e-logistics' ecosystems rather than traditional ones, modelled using multi-criteria analysis interpretive methods as a strategic resource within the shared economy of supply chain management systems.

A global-scale analysis of the sharing economy model – an AirBnB case study

The sharing economy model has changed the way in which people engage in a variety of activities, including travelling, trading, working, and lending/borrowing money. Several studies exist that aim to understand, quantify and model such phenomenon, but most such studies are geographically focused on countries in the Western World. Knowledge about the penetration and adoption of this novel market model in non-Western countries is much more limited, and almost completely lacking when it comes to emerging markets, where it was touted to bring the biggest benefits and be a game changer to uplift people economically. To close the gap, we chose Airbnb as an example of sharing economy model with worldwide market penetration, and performed a large-scale quantitative study of its penetration and adoption in seven cities in Asia, five cities in Latin America. We compared findings against seven cities in the Western World, and observed patterns to be similar across all locales, with two notable exceptions: the geographic penetration of such services, and the experience that guests travelling to such destinations shared in their reviews.

Condições do trabalho por plataformas digitais no Brasil

This present article aims to investigate the limits of legal protection that stands on “uberized” workers under several principles provided for in the Federal Constitution of 1988, in order to safeguard fundamental rights and guarantees to that part of society in Brazilian territory. Initially, the problem observed in society was delimited: the precarious labour conditions of “uberized” work through digital platforms, in Brazil, under the current scenario of Revolution 4.0 and technological advances. Shortly after, it was taken into account the legal protection of these workers, more especifically, whether or not it would be necessary to recognize the employment relationship. Subsequently, the possibility of guaranteeing minimum rightsto workers through digital platforms was ascertained, under the principle of the social value of work. Therefore, it was possible to confirm the premise that it is no longer appropriate to enforce classic criteria of the employment relationship to the partnership relationship inserted within the shared economy model, flexibility and autonomy in the intermediations driven by uberized workers from digital platforms to which they are registered, but what adjustments would be necessary in order to minimize theharmful effects of technological innovation on the private sector, thus guaranteeing the valorization of human work and decent living conditions through free enterprise, and observing the constitutional dictates. Finally, warns to the use of the hypothetical-deductive method of analysis and bibliographic research technique, based on a survey of specialized literature and recent case-laws up of the Federal Supreme Court and the Superior Labor Court, from the last 3 (three) years, ilustrating this theoretical-scientific construction with practical situations, given the importance of the subject and its challenges, without intending to exhaust it

Sharing Economy for Tackling Crypto-Laundering: The Europol Associated ‘Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies’

This article examines the compatibility of the Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies with a sharing economy model. The analysis is based on the claims presented in Europol documents and public statements of Europol executives that this initiative serves as a platform for knowledge exchange and building professional networks between public and private actors to tackle crypto-laundering. The article investigates the validity of these statements with the most prominent sharing economy concepts: low barrier accessibility, transaction cost and trust-building. The article employs each sharing economy concept on two beneficiaries of the platform—law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and non-governmental organizations—while scaling the platform’s sharing economy level. Based on Europol documents, an expert interview and participant observation of the 5th Global Cryptocurrency Conference, the article’s core argument is that these cryptocurrency conferences can be categorized as a ‘partial’ sharing economy platform. They reduce the transaction cost for public and private actors to share knowledge about the latest trends and threats about crypto-laundering and reduce transaction costs for networking. However, co-founders should consider integrating robust trust-building mechanisms that allow low barrier entry to the conference, which will facilitate more inclusive and optimized public–private partnerships (P3).

Genealogical Clustering and Coordination Analysis of Knowledge-Driven Labor Competitiveness in the Context of Sharing Economy

In recent years, with the continuous development of information technology and the advent of the Internet + era, the sharing economy has not only changed people's life and consumption patterns but also reconstructed the value cocreation process between enterprises and customers. Unlike the traditional economic model in which the enterprise is the dominant player, in the sharing economy, the enterprise withdraws from the dominant position in the value creation process and becomes a platform to support and serve the value creation of users (customers in the traditional economic model), and users become the dominant player in value creation. Users are not only the core subject of value cocreation in the sharing economy model but also the key factor determining the profitability of enterprises and the image of the platform. Bilateral users create rich value for individual users, platform enterprises, and society through value creation behaviors such as trading of the right to use idle resources and online and offline communication and interaction. Therefore, it is necessary to study the value cocreation behaviors of bilateral users of shared service platforms. This paper studies the value cocreation of bilateral users of shared service platforms, hoping to help platform enterprises further understand user behavior and needs, better fulfill the role of support and service in the process of value cocreation, provide a good value cocreation environment for bilateral users, enhance the reputation and influence of platform enterprises through user value cocreation behaviors, expand market share, and form competitive advantages. This paper stands in the perspective of intellectual enterprises and studies the problem of knowledge sharing. From the perspective of individuals, it mainly analyzes the willingness and ability of individual knowledge sharing, focusing on the “prisoner's dilemma” in game theory to study the willingness of individuals to share. From the perspective of knowledge, we mainly analyze the interference brought by the implicit and exclusive nature of knowledge to knowledge sharing, focusing on the implicit nature of knowledge. In addition, this paper only studies the influence of value cocreation of consumer users on value cocreation of resource users and does not deeply explore whether the value cocreation of resource users influences the value cocreation of consumer users.

Development of Share Economic Model: Research in Vietnam in the Digital Economic Concept

Sharing economy is a term that has been discussed a lot on e-commerce forums in Vietnam recently. This is a new business model capable of bringing super profits and expected benefits for society in the digital economy. However, the practical application of this economic model is not easy, even causing unfair competition between traditional business enterprises and enterprises operating under the sharing economy model. Therefore, this article discusses some sharing economy issues, such as the theoretical basis and current situation of sharing economy development in Vietnam through methods of collecting, processing, and analyzing information. Thereby giving some recommendations to develop the sharing economy in Vietnam in the context of the industrial revolution 4.0.

The Sharing Economy and Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development

In the present work, the authors set out to identify common ground between social entrepreneurship and the sharing economy, justify the application of these models for the sustainable development of society, as well as conduct a bibliographic study into these concepts to identify areas of overlap between them. For a more in-depth analysis, we studied 20 social entrepreneurs and 20 English versions of websites of organizations that implement the sharing economy model. Based on semantic data analysis and latent Dirichlet allocation, the texts under examination were grouped into 5 topics according to frequency of occurrence of keywords using the Python programming language. In order to trace a connection between these topics and sustainable development, we selected words that can serve as markers of environmental, social and economic aspects of the activities of these organizations. Each identified topic has appeared to have an aspect of digitalization. The study revealed that the application of the sharing economy model by social entrepreneurs and companies contributes to the sustainable development of society. The obtained results can be used in elaboration of approaches to provide the sustainable development of society.

The Analysis of Sharing Economy on New Business Model Based on BP Neural Network.

The development of social economy and Internet information technology has made the development of the sharing economy relatively rapid. This article aims to study how to promote the sharing economy based on neural networks to play a role in new business models. This article proposes that the sharing economy and the new business model are inseparable. It also discusses how to analyze the relationship between the sharing economy and the new business model based on the BP neural network. With the development of the economy and society, new economic development models have developed, and the sharing economy model has risen. The sharing economy model has brought an impact to the traditional economic development model, affecting the business model. The results show that with the development of society and enterprises, the development of the sharing economy is getting faster and faster. Today, some sharing economy companies are bound to face various obstacles in the process of copying other business models and development. Sharing economy enterprises have made various adjustments and responses to various problems, but they have not found a better model to adapt to the modern social market and environment. Therefore, the business model of the sharing economy requires further analysis and investigation.

How Ride‐Sharing Is Shaping Public Transit System: A Counterfactual Estimator Approach

The new sharing economy model has introduced a dramatic, disruptive impact on the traditional industries by matching the demand and supply in real time. In this study, we examine how the entry of Uber, a ride‐sharing services digital platform, brings new disruptive changes in public transportation operations. Significant debate has surrounded whether the new ride‐sharing model siphoned riders from public transit or made public transit feasible for more riders, but no consensus has been reached. One reason could be that the commonly used difference‐in‐differences empirical strategy fails to account for time‐varying unobserved confounders. To address this issue, we introduce a class of counterfactual estimators (CEs) to strengthen our causal identification and perform diagnostic tests to validate model assumptions for each CE. A significant drop in passenger trips with buses is found after Uber entry from both the conventional two‐way fixed effects model and the CEs. Moreover, we provide empirical evidence that the entry of Uber has not significantly affected public demand response transportation, which indicates that Uber is not directly competing with other transportation services that aim to solve the “last‐mile problem.” Last, our additional analyses suggest that the effect of Uber entry is not uniform for different urban areas. All these empirical findings can be coherently explained in our framework of the substitution effect of Uber.

Impacts of the Covid-19 on Some Models of the Sharing Economy in Vietnam

The sharing economy has been developing rapidly in the world in recent years. In Vietnam, many businesses have embraced sharing economy models in various industries including tourism, accommodation, transport, finance, and labor… With their developmental potentials, those models have attracted a large number of customers and have stated their market positions. However, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic caused big problems for most companies, including sharing economy models. With technology and digital platforms, those models have both opportunities and challenges. This paper analyzes the negative and positive impacts of the pandemic on some sharing economy models in Vietnam.