"This book provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the areas of e-commerce and the collaborative economy or sharing economy, offering a comprehensive perspective on the platform economy by connecting both the e-commerce and the collaborative economy...

Under the Chinese Government’s “Internet plus” – a quinquennial plan to encompass big data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT) with a broad range of industries, electronic commerce platforms segmenting the B2B market jumped on the occasion to facilitate user firms’...