Sharing Economy: Business Models and Regulatory Landscape in the Mediterranean Areas

Patrizia Grifoni, Alessia D'Andrea, Fernando Ferri, Tiziana Guzzo, Maurizio Angeli Felicioni, Caterina Praticò and Andrea Vignoli

International Business Research, 2018, vol. 11, issue 5, 62-79

Abstract: The paper describes the state of the art of the sharing economy in an ecosystemic perspective including a discussion about the strengths and weakness of business models (apartment/house renting, couch-surfing, car sharing and ride sharing, co-working, reselling and trading) and regulatory and legal issues in some European countries such as: Italy, Spain Croatia and Slovenia. The work was carried out within “open DOORS”, a project was co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

Keywords: sharing economy; collaborative economy; business models; online platforms; peer-to-peer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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