Die Förderungsmöglichkeiten im Rahmen der Enwicklungszusammenarbeit sind in hohem Maße davon abhänig, in welchem Maße die Förderländer die IT-Kompetenzen in bestenden Projeken besitzen und vermitteln können. Zum anderen ist die Informationstechnologie ein eigener Sektor, der in der...

This chapter explains the rationale behind the book. It provides basic definitions of the concept of the sharing economy as well as the primary meanings related to the subject of the analysis undertaken in the subsequent chapters. This Introduction also includes a description of the main...

The purpose of this chapter is to analyse approaches to the sharing economy from the perspective of public policy science. In the first part of the text, attention is paid to perceiving the development of the emerging sharing economy not only as phenomenon with positive economic effects but also...

The chapter is the final one in the volume of collected papers aiming to discuss the sharing economy in Europe. The idea of the book emerged within the research network created by the COST Action CA16121 'From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy.'...