Collaborative Consumption: Conceptual Snapshot at a Buzzword

Ertz, Myriam; Durif, Fabien; Arcand, Manon

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2799884

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“…Sharing encounters, on the other hand, often consist of both a tangible element and an intangible element. Whereas some sharing encounters enable a joint usage of a particular good (Bucher et al, 2016;Ertz, Durif, & Arcand, 2016a), other sharing encounters aim at transferring the entire good between two sharing partners (Belk, 2014;Hamari et al, 2016). In other words, joint usage often allows the service provider to stay in control, compared with ceding a particular good to a customer for a predefined time frame.…”

Section: Intention To Engagementioning

confidence: 99%

Trust in sharing encounters among millennials

Mittendorf

Berente

Holten

2019

Information Systems Journal

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The sharing economy is a defining feature of the millennial generation. We report on a study of 1047 millennials and find that trust has more of an impact on their willingness to engage in some sharing encounters than in others. In particular, trust matters more in high-dimensionality sharing encounters-those encounters that have a longer duration, require a greater financial investment, involve more social interaction, etc. Further, it is important to note that all sharing encounters take place through two-sided intermediary platforms, and we find that the role of trust among the different types of sharing partners is not symmetrical across the two sides. Trust in the intermediary platform matters more to customers than to service providers in their willingness to engage in service encounters. Overall, this research contributes to existing literature by developing the notion of a service encounter and associated dimensionality and by demonstrating that service encounter dimensionality affects the importance of trust in the sharing economy. Also, we show how trust matters differently for different sides of two-sided sharing platforms. Finally, this research focuses squarely on understanding the behaviours of millennialsthe generation important to the sharing economy.

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Section: Intention To Engagementioning

confidence: 99%

Trust in sharing encounters among millennials

Mittendorf

Berente

Holten

2019

Information Systems Journal

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“…In response to these challenges, designers and activists have proposed different strategies, one of which is use intensification through collaborative consumption (Ertz, Durif, & Arcand, ; Laitala, ; Park & Armstrong, ). One of the specific examples of collaborative consumption in fashion is clothe swapping as it could contribute to reducing demand for new products (Farrant et al, ; Iran & Schrader, ; Zamani, Sandin, & Peters, ).…”

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Consumer engagement in the circular economy: Exploring clothes swapping in emerging economies from a social practice perspective

Camacho-Otero

Pettersen

Boks

2019

Sustainable Development

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One of the sectors that are being challenged to become circular is the clothing sector.Clothe swapping is considered as an example of a circular solution that enables slowing material loops. However, consumers have failed to widely engage in this type of practice and only a few studies explore this topic using a social practice perspective. This theoretical approach bridges individual and structural approaches to social change. In this study we explore why people in an emerging economy such as Colombia engage in clothe swapping, by exploring it from a social practice perspective.Based on interview and visual data, we explored the configuration of the practice, the interaction between elements, and the reasons why it recruits practitioners. We found that people participate in clothe swapping for economic, environmental, and innovative reasons. In order to perform the practice, three types of elements are involved: material elements such as clothes and place, skills for selecting and preparing the clothes for exchange and rules regarding these materials and behaviours during the event, and images and meanings. We characterised three interconnections between these elements that have been used to enable the practice, and finally, we explored how the participants' networks, histories, and capitals; the social significance of the practice; and its connections to other practices influence recruitment. This approach allowed us to identify paradoxes between the purpose and the implementation of the practice. Future research could use this perspective to compare cases in different socio-economic context.

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“…Collaborative Trading: There is a general predisposition to denote the utilitarian and financial value of the practices of trade, sell, purchase, ridesharing, carsharing and travel (Ballús-Armet et al, 2014;Posen, 2015;Retamal, 2017;Fremstad, 2017;Ertz, Durif, and Arcand, 2016;Hamari, 2013). Collaborative trading resembles market-based transactions, under which temporary access to a service, permanent transfer and exchange of resources are compensated (e.g.…”

Section: Practices Of Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Trade is carried out through listings such as Craigslist, product-service systems (PSS), virtual accommodation marketplaces and online repositories of fashion items, referred to as fashion libraries (Fremstad, 2017;Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum and Sarah, 2015;Retamal, 2017;Karlsson, Kemperman, and Dolnicar, 2017;Hamari, 2013). Unmediated selling and purchasing through Craigslist represents the consumption, where terms and conditions are not moderated by the platform (Ertz, Durif, and Arcand, 2016;Fremstad, 2017). The practices result in profit maximisation made possible by the permanent transfer of the goods and services used from suppliers to consumers.…”

Section: Practices Of Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Suppliers benefit from compensation for recirculating (selling and reselling) personal items in a consumption stream. Consumers' incentive to purchase second-hand items is encouraged by the reduced cost of an item (Ertz, Durif, and Arcand, 2016;Fremstad, 2017). Trading in product-service systems enables an individual to use services through access to platforms.…”

Section: Practices Of Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Mapping the economics, social and technological attributes of the sharing economy

Davlembayeva

Papagiannidis

Alamanos

2019

ITP

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Purpose:The sharing economy is a socio-economic system in which individuals acquire and distribute goods and services among each other for free or for compensation through Internet platforms. The sharing economy has attracted the interest of the academic community, which examined the phenomenon from the economic, social and technological perspectives.Design: Given the lack of an overarching analysis of the sharing economy, this paper employs a quantitative content analysis approach to explore and synthesise relevant findings to facilitate the understanding of this emerging phenomenon. Findings:The paper identified and grouped findings under four themes, namely: collaborative consumption practices, resources, drivers of user engagement and impacts, each of which is discussed in relation to the three main themes, aiming to compare findings and then put forward an agenda for further research.Originality/value: The paper offers a balanced analysis of the building blocks of the sharing economy, to identify emerging themes within each stream, to discuss any contextual differences from a multi-stakeholder perspective and to propose directions for future studies.

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Collaborative Consumption: Conceptual Snapshot at a Buzzword

Cited by 85 publications

References 56 publications

Trust in sharing encounters among millennials

Trust in sharing encounters among millennials

Consumer engagement in the circular economy: Exploring clothes swapping in emerging economies from a social practice perspective

Mapping the economics, social and technological attributes of the sharing economy

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