Emerging out of the collaborative work conducted within the Working Group “Mechanisms to activate and support the collaborative economy” of the COST Action “From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy”, the book questions the varied set of...

"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...

Chapter 1: The concept of sharing economy platform (SEP) -- Chapter 2: SEP’s marketing strategies to adapt to changing environment—the Case of FischerTM -- Chapter 3: Value creation in the SEP -- Chapter 4: The reasons why consumers join the SEP -- Chapter 5: SEP is facilitating Electronic...

This Handbook grapples conceptually and practically with what the sharing economy - which includes entities ranging from large for-profit firms like Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, Taskrabbit, and Upwork to smaller, non-profit collaborative initiatives - means for law, and how law, in turn, is shaping...

Volume 27 of Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations (AILR) contains five peer-reviewed papers highlighting key aspects of employment relations across a variety of disciplinary perspectives. These papers feature historical and legal analyses of work regulation, intra-organizational analysis...

"This book examines the impact of sharing services on society as well as the importance of the sharing economy development in the coming years. It also explores issues related to these sharing services such as regulations, the technological aspects involved in these platforms, and the impact on...

Social Skepticism and Its Effect on Shared Economy / Oluwaseun David ADEPOJU, Demilade Oluwasina, Nji Mbitaownu Mughe Awah -- Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Issues in Platform Management / Romeo Gloverberg -- Design and development of Industry 4.0 based Enterprise Information System for a...