Sharing Economy Platforms in the Face of Crises: A Conceptual Framework

Paul Belleflamme, Muxin Li and Anaïs Périlleux
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Paul Belleflamme: Université catholique de Louvain, LIDAM/CORE, Belgium
Anaïs Périlleux: Université catholique de Louvain, LIDAM/IRES, Belgium

No 3333, LIDAM Reprints CORE from Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

Abstract: We propose a conceptual framework to analyze how crises dynamically affect the operations, performance, and strategic choices of digital platforms and how these effects impact their sustainability. Drawing on the theory of two-sided platforms, we propose a framework that considers two key dimensions: (1) the nature of shocks affecting each side of the platform and (2) the time horizon of their impact. We apply this framework to evaluate how sharing-economy platforms responded to the COVID-19 crisis, focusing on Airbnb, Uber Eats, and Prosper as illustrative cases.

Keywords: Digital platforms; sharing economy; sustainability; network effects; crisis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21
Date: 2025-07-11
Note: In: Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17 (14), 6370
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DOI: 10.3390/su17146370

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