Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: The sharing economy has been growing continuously in the last decade thanks to the\nproliferation of internet-based platforms that allow people to disintermediate the\ntraditional commercial channels and to share excess resources and trade with one\nanother effectively at a reasonably low transaction cost. Whereas early peer-to-peer\nplatforms were designed to enable file sharing and goods trading, we recently witness\nthe emergence of a new breed of peer-to-peer platforms that are designed for ordinary\nservice sharing. Ordinary services entail in\ntangible provisions and are defined as an\neconomic activity that generates immaterial\nbenefits and does not result in ownership\nof material goods. Based on a structured\nanalysis of 41 internet-based rideshare\nplatforms, we explore and layout the unique characteristics of peer-to-peer service\nsharing platforms based on three distinct\ntemporal patterns that entail specific\nconsequences for platform use as well as provide insights about their overall design\nimperative.
Authors: Magnus Andersson, Anders Hjalmarsson, Michel Avital
Institution: Copenhagen Business School
Language: English
Subfield: Marketing
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2125797772