Transition within a transition: how cooperative platforms want to change the sharing economy

Foramitti, Joël; Varvarousis, Angelos; Kallis, Giorgos

doi:10.1007/s11625-020-00804-y

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“…This need for accessibility might entail the decentralization of large cooperatives' decision‐making (Lamarque, 2018). Although digitalization could counter this obligation of closeness among the members and hence cooperatives' local anchorage, the literature shows that cooperatives often strive to create social capital among their members and their stakeholders such as local communities (e.g., Foramitti, Varvarousis, & Kallis, 2020).…”

Section: The Resilience Of the Cooperative Model In Times Of Crisismentioning

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The resilience of the cooperative model: How do cooperatives deal with the COVID‐19 crisis?

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The centrality of user‐members in cooperatives and cooperatives' embeddedness in their community and in a global network influence positively their resilience in times of crisis, as illustrated by cases of cooperatives that acted entrepreneurially during the COVID‐19 crisis. Cooperatives are hybrid organizations that maximize value, instead of profit. They are owned, governed, and controlled by their members. They are more resilient than the conventional enterprises in times of crisis, thanks to their peculiar governance characteristics that ensure member centrality. Next to member centrality, the embeddedness of cooperatives in their local environment and a global movement enhances mission centrality as well as trust and solidarity among their members, local communities, and other cooperatives.

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“…The empirical analysis of the platform economy (except for paradigmatic cases such as the FLOSS and Wikipedia communities) and public debate are mainly focused on the study of global platforms such as Deliveroo, Uber, and Airbnb [9,10]. Another lack in alternative collaborative models studies is that they have focused mostly on providing frameworks for analysis or organizational principles [7,11], but few are the studies that have empirical case analyses, and those performed have mainly focused on highly paradigmatic projects such as Fairbnb [12,13] or SMart [14]. In this regard, Como et al [15] developed an exploratory analysis based on interviews with cooperatives, first in Italy and then in nine other European countries, on the attitudes of cooperatives toward the platform economy and a mapping of online surveys of cooperatives that are implementing innovations in the platform economy field [16].…”

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Sustainable Platform Economy: Connections with the Sustainable Development Goals

2020

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The platform economy is growing exponentially while creating expectations for its potential to contribute to a sustainable development. However, research aimed at showing the potential contribution of each platform’s business model to sustainable development is needed. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are driving the policy agenda, but it remains unclear how far they encourage a sustainable platform economy. First, this article aims to study how each different type of platform contributes to sustainable development. Second, it analyses if and how the factors that contribute to the sustainable design of platforms are considered in SDGs. The paper departs from a framework of sustainable democratic qualities of the platform economy that considers governance, economic sustainability, technological and data policies, social responsibility, and external impact dimensions. The study is based on an empirical analysis of 60 platforms. The results show that a sustainable design of a platform economy promotes sustainable development. Furthermore, the contributions of the sustainable dimensions of a platform to SDGs are mainly connected to the impact and responsibility and the economic model, but governance and data dimensions are not present in the SDGs. This suggests that SDGs should improve their digital perspective to intertwine better with the sustainable platforms.

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“…Systemically speaking, this is also perpetuated by market attempts to "democratise" tourism, for example by redistributing some dividend shares from tourist apartment rentals to urban projects. This is what the Fairbnb platform proposes (Foramitti et al, 2020), thus making critiques harder while still diverting the urban assets and therefore contributing to the aforementioned "vicious circle". As concerns the flows of money, they are represented by dashed lines in the diagram.…”

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‘Kill Venice’: a systems thinking conceptualisation of urban life, economy, and resilience in tourist cities

Cristiano

Gonella

2020

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Mass tourism has been creating increasing complaints and resistances in many tourist cities worldwide. The global Covid-19 health emergency has further affected the complex relationship between the activities of city dwellers and those of the tourist flows. Be the visitors present or abruptly absent, the effects of tourism on housing, labour, and the urban economy as a whole can threaten the very survival of a tourist destination. The ultimate goals of tourist-based transformations are not clear, nor their relationship with the resilience of destinations. A systemic perspective is here offered on tourism in cities, with a focus on the city that likely exhibits the highest level of tourist attraction with respect to its vulnerability, that is, Venice, Italy. Various aspects of its sustainability and resilience, along with the involved interconnection and dependency links, are taken into consideration. Currently proposed alternative scenarios are presented, and their weaknesses commented. Some implications are also addressed for sustainable and resilient transformations. The comprehension of the dynamics that drive a tourist city system, together with the study of its systemic leverage points, appear to be mandatory for effective urban policies and planning.

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Transition within a transition: how cooperative platforms want to change the sharing economy

Cited by 38 publications

References 18 publications

The resilience of the cooperative model: How do cooperatives deal with the COVID‐19 crisis?

The resilience of the cooperative model: How do cooperatives deal with the COVID‐19 crisis?

Sustainable Platform Economy: Connections with the Sustainable Development Goals

‘Kill Venice’: a systems thinking conceptualisation of urban life, economy, and resilience in tourist cities

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