Rise of the Sharing Economy

Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of Collaborative Consumption

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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This is the ultimate source for anyone who wants a comprehensive view of how the sharing economy began and how it may fundamentally change capitalism across the globe.The Rise of the Sharing Economy: Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of Collaborative Consumption examines the business phenomenon of the sharing economy, giving readers a thorough analysis of this up-and-coming sector. The book presents a detailed historical perspective of sharing and cooperatives, followed by a discussion of societal factors—predominantly technology—that have facilitated the fast growth of collaborative consumption businesses. Additional chapters offer progressive perspectives on how companies can further commercialize sharing.Written for undergraduate and graduate students studying the collaborative market and for those with entrepreneurial aspirations, this book provides important insight about technology facilities sharing, peer-to-peer lending, grassroots social entrepreneurial efforts, the economics of the sharing economy, legal and public policy issues, and more.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-01-04
Mått:156 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Medarbetare:Russell Belk
ISBN:9781440851865

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Pia A. Albinsson, PhD, is associate professor of marketing and currently holds the John W. Guffey Jr. Professorship in the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University. B. Yasanthi Perera, PhD, is assistant professor of business ethics at Brock University. Her research focuses on social responsibility.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword: The Sharing EconomyRussell BelkPart One The Sharing Economy: How Did We Arrive Here?Chapter 1 Introduction: Sharing in Modern SocietiesB. Yasanthi Perera and Pia A. AlbinssonChapter 2 Precursors to the Sharing Economy: CooperativesIsobel M. FindlayChapter 3 When Sharing Was a Necessity: A Historical Perspective of Collaborative Consumption in East GermanyMarco Wolf and Wendy RitzChapter 4 Societal Factors and the Emergence of the Sharing EconomyKatharina Hellwig, Marlyne Sahakian, and Felicitas MorhartPart Two Technology: A Facilitator of Modern-Day SharingChapter 5 Online Technology as a Driver of SharingJohn Harvey, Andrew Smith, and David GolightlyChapter 6 Mapping the Collaborative Economy Landscape and Its Relationship with Information and Communication TechnologiesAndreas Kamilaris and Francesc X. Prenafeta-BoldúChapter 7 The Economics of Peer-to-Peer Online SharingTimm Teubner and Florian HawlitschekPart Three Collaborative Consumption: Peer-to-Peer Engagements in the Sharing EconomyChapter 8 The Rise and Fall of Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Consumption: A Perspective from Two Types of Collaborative Consumption PracticesHeather E. Philip, Lucie K. Ozanne, and Paul W. BallantineChapter 9 Access-Based Consumption: From Ownership to Non-Ownership of ClothingPia A. Albinsson and B. Yasanthi PereraPart Four The Sharing Economy in Relation to the Marketplace and the GovernmentChapter 10 Commercial Sharing 2.0: Business Opportunities in a Maturing MarketplaceCait LambertonChapter 11 The Role of Governments in Peer-to-Peer Sharing and Collaborative ConsumptionFriedrich ChasinChapter 12 On Sharing and Quasi-Sharing: The Tension between Sharing-Economy Practices, Public Policy, and RegulationSofia RanchordásAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex