Evaluating Sustainability of Sharing Economy Business Models

Daunorienė, Asta; Drakšaitė, Aura; Snieška, Vytautas; Valodkienė, Gitana

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.486

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“…Similarly, business models 3 and 4 are also lacking key elements of sharing economy attributes, such as peer-to-peer interactions (e.g. Daunorien et al, 2015;Chase, 2015) and mission-driven. Despite the lack of any classical dimensions commonly attributed to the sharing economy from our literature review, however, business model 4 (Spaced-based, Low-Tech Sharing) seems to challenge our collective understanding of what constitutes a sharing economy startup, since business models that permit access to shared physical resources, such as coworking spaces, on a prima facie basis, seem to represent much of the spirit of the sharing economy, and have even been specifically named by some scholars as examples of the sharing economy in urban areas (Cohen & Mu-oz, 2016).…”

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Mapping out the sharing economy: A configurational approach to sharing business modeling

Muñoz

Cohen

2017

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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Sharing economy businesses have emerged in recent years as a disruptive approach to the traditional way of planning, modeling and doing business. The phenomenon has gained significant traction within a wide range of domains including entrepreneurship, innovation, technology and management more broadly. Despite this surge and interest, there is a lack of empirical research regarding the increasing diversity of sharing economy business models and the implications for business growth, community impact, sustainability and public policy. With this research, we sought to leverage a rigorous comparative method, fs/QCA, to assess the business models of 36 firms in the sharing economy. Leveraging a rich set of qualitative data, our analysis leveraged seven dimensions of sharing economy business models drawn from extant research, revealing a typology comprising five ideal types that collectively account for the constellation of possible, empirically-relevant business models across the sharing economy. The emergent dilemmas and paradoxes as well as implications of these typologies of business models for startups, investors and policymakers are explored. HighlightsSharing business modeling is complex yet the one-size model fits all logic prevails It seeks to understand the inner complexity and diversity of sharing business models Using fsQCA, it analyses 36 firms deriving a typology of 5 business models It enables a more fine-grained understanding of the sharing business space It reveals a number of paradoxes, challenges and opportunities for a range of actors ! *Highlights (for review)

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Mapping out the sharing economy: A configurational approach to sharing business modeling

Muñoz

Cohen

2017

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…In the SE systems, the available resources and the need of customers are balanced [26], and providers and consumers collaboratively consume the resources which are under-utilized [23]. As Investopedia (2017) simply explains, the sharing economy model is usually used in cases where a specific asset is expensive, and it is not always fully employed [47].…”

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Conceptualizing the Sharing Economy through Presenting a Comprehensive Framework

2018

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Abstract:In recent years, through the advances in technology and highlighting the sustainability concepts in different aspects of human lives, the sharing economy has become an interesting topic for researchers, and also, many businesses claim to be active in this environment. However, a comprehensive definition, which is generally accepted, does not yet exist in the literature. In this paper, through a systematic literature review, analysis, and coding, a comprehensive definition, and also, an inclusive framework is presented for the sharing economy. This can help scientists and businesses to clarify which companies or parts of their activities fall into the SE category, and which do not. Such clarification in a small scale is done for five companies at the end of the paper.

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“…Since they have been simultaneously experienced by communities in the growing number of, mainly urban, destinations, academic studies as well as industry-related and governmental insights associate or join them together as disruptive, unsustainable forces undermining long-term tourism development and community well-being [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. This recent wave of research has complemented the existing discussion on the sustainability of SE [11][12][13][14][15].…”

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The Sharing Economy and Sustainability of Urban Destinations in the (Over)tourism Context: The Social Capital Theory Perspective

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This article contributes to the discussion on the sustainability of the sharing economy by adopting the Social Capital Theory to expand explanations of the sharing economy's role and scope of relations with local communities in the context of overtourism. As mutual relationships have not been fully recognized through a theoretical perspective, the article aims to examine the sustainability of the process of the sharing economy impacting urban tourism communities in light of Robert Putnam's approach to Social Capital Theory. On the basis of a selective systematic review, the article discusses the sustainability of the sharing economy through the lens of bridging and bonding social capital. We argue that a new configuration of social capital, i.e., a sharing platform-modified social capital, arises from the unsustainable and disruptive power of the sharing economy implemented by virtual platforms, thereby contributing to an overtourism syndrome. However, from a medium-and long-term perspective, the sharing economy also impacts the bridging nature of social capital, which should lead to a more sustainable balance in its structure. This initial framework for understanding the impact of the sharing economy on sustainability of local communities provides an alternative approach to studying residents' perceptions and attitudes towards tourism in the areas affected by overtourism.Sustainability 2020, 12, 2310 2 of 26 human and economic activity, strongly emphasizing its presence in the tourism industry, especially in accommodation, transport, catering and tourism experiences [19,20]. As the SE's impact is widely discussed through the prism of accommodation platforms [20][21][22][23] we mostly consider this sector of the tourism industry. Overtourism, in turn, is a place-specific and industry-related mechanism. As a temporary and 'explosive' phenomenon, it condenses all the aspects of visitors' activity and the tourism industry in affected destinations, including the experiences or services distributed or accessed by sharing. Thus, when these two phenomena are studied together, we can discuss tourism as a domain of the SE, and the 'sharing' aspects of overtourism.Yet, due to an early phase of their evolution and the eruptive nature of their expansion, mutual relationships of both phenomena have not been fully recognized, leaving a gap for further research. Even so, many researchers claim that the SE contributes to overtourism by jointly pushing urban gentrification processes, depopulation of city centers and other processes of social exclusion [3,[24][25][26][27][28]. In light of this, in this article we consider overtourism in the context of studying the impact of the SE expansion on local communities. The emerging overtourism syndrome may be one of first striking examples of the problems in which the SE is directly involved. Thus, the externalities resulting from the SE in (over)tourism context on the community level could be a laboratory for SE's influence in general.Although sustainability issues involving the SE have...

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Evaluating Sustainability of Sharing Economy Business Models

Cited by 112 publications

References 13 publications

Mapping out the sharing economy: A configurational approach to sharing business modeling

Mapping out the sharing economy: A configurational approach to sharing business modeling

Conceptualizing the Sharing Economy through Presenting a Comprehensive Framework

The Sharing Economy and Sustainability of Urban Destinations in the (Over)tourism Context: The Social Capital Theory Perspective

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