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The rise of the sharing economy : exploring the challenges and opportunities of collaborative consumption / Pia A. Albinsson and B. Yasanthi Perera, editors ; foreword by Russell Belk.

Contributor(s): Language: English Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2018]Description: 304 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781440851865
  • 1440851867
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 334 23
LOC classification:
  • HD2961
Other classification:
  • Om
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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.

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword: The Sharing Economy(p. ix)
  • Part 1 The Sharing Economy: How Did We Arrive Here?
  • Chapter 1 Introduction: Sharing in Modern Societies(p. 3)
  • Chapter 2 Precursors to the Sharing Economy: Cooperatives(p. 9)
  • Chapter 3 When Sharing Was a Necessity: A Historical Perspective of Collaborative Consumption in East Germany(p. 29)
  • Chapter 4 Societal Factors and the Emergence of the Sharing Economy(p. 51)
  • Part 2 Technology: A Facilitator of Modern-Day Sharing
  • Chapter 5 Online Technology as a Driver of Sharing(p. 75)
  • Chapter 6 Mapping the Collaborative Economy Landscape and Its Relationship with Information and Communication Technologies(p. 97)
  • Chapter 7 The Economics of Peer-to-Peer Online Sharing(p. 129)
  • Part 3 Collaborative Consumption: Peer-to-Peer Engagements in the Sharing Economy
  • Chapter 8 The Rise and Fall of Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Consumption: A Perspective from Two Types of Collaborative Consumption Practices(p. 159)
  • Chapter 9 Access-Based Consumption: Prom Ownership to Non-Ownership of Clothing(p. 183)
  • Part 4 The Sharing Economy in Relation to the Marketplace and the Government
  • Chapter 10 Commercial Sharing 2.0: Business Opportunities in a Maturing Marketplace(p. 215)
  • Chapter 11 The Role of Governments in Peer-to-Peer Sharing and Collaborative Consumption(p. 237)
  • Chapter 12 On Sharing and Quasi-Sharing: The Tension between Sharing-Economy Practices, Public Policy, and Regulation(p. 263)
  • About the Editors and Contributors(p. 291)
  • Index(p. 299)