'Daehan Academy of Management Information Systems'
Abstract
In the last decade, we have seen a spectacular rise of companies that are often described by
the common term “the sharing economy.” The emerging academic research on the topic
reflects the importance and the far-reaching implications of this phenomenon but also
demonstrates a lack of conceptual clarity about what the sharing economy represents. By
addressing the main conceptual tensions that exist in this field, our paper integrates the body
of knowledge on the sharing economy, clarifies the concept, and develops a typology of
sharing-economy organizations. We map out the antecedents and effects of the sharing
economy, identifying empirical research that has been done at the consumer, provider, and
platform levels of analysis and develop avenues for future research.The Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivenes
