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Paradoxes of the Sharing Economy: A pandemic perspective

Davlembayeva, Dinara, Papagiannidis, Savvas (2021) Paradoxes of the Sharing Economy: A pandemic perspective. International Review of Entrepreneurship, 19 (1). pp. 5-32. ISSN 2009-2822. (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:91008)

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Abstract

The sharing economy was expected to bring sustainable transformations towards social welfare, economic growth and environmental preservation. Yet it has not always lived up to these expectations. After the COVID-19 pandemic, societal benefits may become more elusive, considering the social and economic disruption that the pandemic has caused. The pandemic has made rethinking the sustainable pathways of platform-based entrepreneurship even more pressing. This conceptual paper starts by discussing the social, economic and environmental paradoxes of the sharing economy before the pandemic. The paper explores the roots of contradictory insights by analysing the role of normative, economic and digital regulatory mechanisms governing relations within platforms. In turn the paper analyses the effect of COVID-19 on platform regulatory mechanisms and their potential impact on the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability. The paper contributes to our understanding of the mechanisms underpinning sharing economy practices and can help probe the future of the sharing economy.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled keywords: Sharing economy, entrepreneurship, sustainability, paradoxes, COVID-19, pandemic.
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and International Business
Depositing User: Dinara Davlembayeva
Date Deposited: 21 Oct 2021 15:37 UTC
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2021 08:50 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/91008 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Davlembayeva, Dinara.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6946-7480
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