On the difficulty to define the Sharing Economy and Collaborative Consumption - Literature review and proposing a different approach with the introduction of 'Collaborative Services'

De la difficulté de définir l'Economie du Partage et la Consommation Collaborative - Revue de la littérature et proposition d'une nouvelle approche à travers les 'Services Collaboratifs'

Stephanie Nguyen () and Sylvie Llosa ()
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Stephanie Nguyen: CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - UTLN - Université de Toulon
Sylvie Llosa: CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - UTLN - Université de Toulon

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Abstract: While the number of scientific articles related to the sharing economy (SE) and collaborative consumption (CC) has increased significantly over the past few years, many scholars still disagree on a shared definition. The scope itself of the phenomenon remains a subject for debate in the scientific community. Our objective is to compare existing definitions based on a list of different criteria. Recognizing that various interpretations exist throughout the literature, we suggest a different approach focused on the novelty and innovating features: what types of new practices have emerged, that did not exist previously? What are their characteristics and specificities? We propose to name these new types of exchanges ‘collaborative services'.

Keywords: online platform; triad; sharing economy; collaborative consumption; collaborative services; consommation collaborative; services collaboratifs; plateforme web; triade; économie du partage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-11-09
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Published in Journée de la Relation à la Marque dans un Monde Connecté, Centre de Recherche en Gestion des Organisations, Nov 2018, Colmar, France. pp.19-25

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