Putting the sharing economy into perspective

By Koen Frenken, J. Schor. A Research Agenda for Sustainable Consumption Governance, 2017

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We develop a conceptual framework that allows us to define the sharing economy and its close cousins and understand its sudden rise from an economic-historic perspective. We then assess the sharing economy platforms in terms of the economic, social and environmental impacts. We end with reflections on current regulations and future alternatives, and suggest a number of future research questions.

Subfields: Marketing, Sociology and Political Science

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Conceptualizing the Gig Economy and Its Regulatory Problems (2020, background): “…former is generally regarded as work, and taxed accordingly as income, earnings from ride ‐ sharing are generally considered to be an untaxed remuneration for the cost of fuel incurred by the car owner, who shares an otherwise under ‐ utilized asset, that is, an empty seat (Frenken & Schor, 2017).”
The battle of the buzzwords: A comparative review of the circular economy and the sharing economy concepts (2021, background): “…appearing author keywords containing the term ‘innovation’ with 15 and 19 appearances accordingly M. Henry et al. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 38 (2021) 1–21 7 reduce the amount of consumer goods in circulation and urban land space required (Frenken, 2017; Lan et al., 2017).”
Ridesourcing systems: A framework and review (2019, background): “…and H. Yang / Transportation Research Part B 129 (2019) 122–155 123 definition of the sharing economy is still a matter of debate (e.g., Belk, 2014; Frenken, 2017 ; and Frenken and Schor, 2017 ), these shared transportation companies, as providers of on-demand transportation services on online…”
Marketing in the Sharing Economy (2019, background): “In addition, Schor and colleagues argue that as sharing economy platforms scale, they often lose their unique identity and experience a decline in prosocial characteristics as well as a rise in inequalities (Frenken and Schor 2017; Schor et al. 2016).”
Sufficiency transitions: A review of consumption changes for environmental sustainability (2021, background): “Research on the environmental impact of sharing practices remains limited (Frenken, 2017), making it difficult to ascertain their true potential.”
A decade of the sharing economy: Concepts, users, business and governance perspectives (2020, neutral): “Although sharing among families and friends has been a traditional form of exchange throughout human history (Belk, 2010), new forms of sharing between strangers enabled by digital technologies are emerging (Frenken and Schor, 2017).”