The sharing economy and digital platforms: A review and research agenda

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Highlights:

• Sharing economy platforms have a set of essential affordances for mediating exchanges.

• Sharing economy platforms can be discussed and compared in terms of centralization.

• The literature is preoccupied with centralized, profit-driven platforms like Uber.

• Future research must develop a conceptualization of decentralized sharing contexts.

• Future research must engage directly with the nature of sharing economy technologies.

摘要

•Sharing economy platforms have a set of essential affordances for mediating exchanges.•Sharing economy platforms can be discussed and compared in terms of centralization.•The literature is preoccupied with centralized, profit-driven platforms like Uber.•Future research must develop a conceptualization of decentralized sharing contexts.•Future research must engage directly with the nature of sharing economy technologies.

论文关键词:Sharing economy,Collaborative consumption,Gig economy,Platform economy,Digital platforms

论文评审过程:Received 13 February 2018, Revised 13 July 2018, Accepted 13 July 2018, Available online 13 September 2018, Version of Record 13 September 2018.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.07.004