Abstract
Although the sharing economy's commercial practice is booming, the study on the formation mechanism is fragmented. This chapter captures a whole picture of sharing economy's research and gives suggestions for future interesting studies. Based on the method of the Prisma protocol for systematic literature review, with the help of CiteSpace software, the authors map out the structure of existing literature. Current research found out that sharing economy as a new organization model is the current developing trend, sharing economy could be a strong method in the organization's management area. The definition of sharing economy can be included as a new economic phenomenon based on the internet, including peer-to-peer-based activities of obtaining, giving, or sharing the access to goods and services to maximize the utilization. This chapter concluded the connotation of sharing economy, based on the resource view, property right view, and technique view, and several future research plans are generated.
TopBackground
At present, there is no unified definition of sharing economy and sharing economy research carried out under different themes, its research has a lot of diversity. Sharing economy research brought certain challenges, to define sharing economy connotation provides a certain reference significance. Based on the previous literature, through comparative analysis, scholars have mainly defined the concept of sharing economy in three perspectives: resource-based view, property right view, and technology view.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Prosumer: Refers to consumers involved in production activities.
Snowball Method: This method can help to expand the relevant literature. The way to expand literature is like making a snowball.
Sharing Economy Organizations: The emerging enterprises based on the logic of sharing economy.
Sharing Economy: An economic phenomena, with the help of a digital network platform, based on the transfer of using right and ownership between individuals or organizations, to maximize the usage of products and services.
Prism Literature Analysis Method: This method has four steps: identification stage, selection stage, determine the qualification stage, and selection stage. It can provide a clear literature review process.
CiteSpace Software: It is a freely available Java application for visualizing and analyzing trends and patterns in the scientific literature.
Governance Mechanisms: Refers to the structural relationship and operation mode between various elements. In his chapter indicates the vital factors for running the sharing economy.