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Summary
Summary
The emergence of new platform business models, notably the sharing economy, is impacting the economy in various ways, altering the structure of many industries, and raising a number of economic and political issues.
This book investigates the widespread influence of the sharing economy on businesses and society, as well as examining its underpinning economic principles and development. This volume presents an exhaustive review of the existing knowledge on the sharing economy and addresses several major areas of concern for incumbent businesses. It also explains the business models for those who are interested in embarking on their own ventures and provides an excellent source for further research. It takes an in-depth look at controversial labour policies, such as using labour as self-employed contractors or using regulatory grey areas to expand in markets. It is highly multidisciplinary, establishing links between economics, finance, marketing and consumer behaviour. This contribution on the sharing economy will enable researchers and graduate and doctoral students to expand and improve their understanding of this topic and identify new research problems in all of these areas.
The book will also appeal to policy makers, regional and local government decision makers, and those interested in labour markets transformation.
Author Notes
Abbas Strømmen-Bakhtiar is Professor of Strategy and Technology at the Graduate School of Business, Nord University, Norway. His field of interest includes, but is not limited to, Digital Economy, Sharing Economy, Cloud Computing, Technology Management and Strategic Management. His most recent work is the book Introduction to Digital Transformation and Its Impact on Society.
Evgueni Vinogradov is a Senior Researcher at Nordland Research Institute, Bodo, Norway. He fields of interest include, among other areas, entrepreneurship and company establishment. He has broad experience from evaluations of business- oriented instruments and regional and industrial policy measures in Norway.
Reviews 1
Choice Review
This rich interdisciplinary research volume featuring valuable empirical contributions from Scandinavian authors covers a variety of industries that have been reshaped by digital technologies and platforms. The authors illuminate labor outcomes and challenges for business, with particular emphasis on the problem of precarity. They reveal disruption and social harm as well as novel business opportunities. The generally Scandinavian context of contributed chapters illustrates the dilemmas posed by the sharing economy even given the existence of well-developed safety nets. Contributors stress the important role of trust, the differentiated impact of digital technologies viewed in terms of social class, distinctions between labor and capital platforms, and the relationship between digital technologies and conceptions of entrepreneurship, among other important issues. This book is the result of a call for papers, and an overall critique calling for new policy and critical approaches is unfortunately lacking, The editors do a good job, nevertheless, of setting up definitions and fundamental questions in their introduction. Readers might have hoped for a more thoughtful synthesis in a concluding chapter, particularly in such an expensive volume. Still, the book can be useful for academics and graduate students interested in the effects of electronic commerce. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and faculty. --David Carroll Jacobs, American University
