The Role of Digital Technology Platforms in the Context of Changes in Consumption and Production Patterns

Stanisław Łobejko and Krzysztof Bartczak
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Stanisław Łobejko: Collegium of Business Administration, Warsaw School of Economics, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland
Krzysztof Bartczak: Faculty of Management, Warsaw University of Technology, 02-524 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 15, 1-15

Abstract: The article focuses on issues relating to achieving sustainable development by promoting new consumption and production patterns based, for example, on sharing resources and doing business exclusively in a digital environment. This topic is extremely important because sustainable development is a fundamental concept aimed at improving the functioning of the present and future generations. The main focus of the article is to show the role played by digital technology platforms within this concept, including in relation to consumption and production patterns. The article is based on two research methods—CATI (i.e., computer-aided telephone interviews) and regression analysis for CATREG quality variables. It has been established that digital technology platforms significantly influence the creation and development of modern business models and increase the quality and intensity of relations between various company stakeholders, which is the basis for promoting new consumption and production patterns—including those based on the sharing economy, subscription to various products and services or the functioning of virtual markets, enabling purchase and sale transactions.

Keywords: digital technology platforms; consumption and production patterns; sustainability; sharing economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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