Regulating Employment Relationships in the Sharing Economy

Acevedo, Deepa Das

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2657673

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“…In this study, we have shown that in Helsinki, the rise of digital short-term rental platforms is especially pronounced in Kallio, Kamppi and Punavuori, old working-class districts with a liberal atmosphere and trendy urban culture. The public discourse has portrayed the rise of digital tourism services as a seemingly technical question related to the attractiveness and fairness of Finland's business environment; and until now, the City of Helsinki has adopted a "wait-and-see" (Acevedo, 2016) attitude towards the growing popularity of Airbnb and other digital short-term rental platforms. At the same time, the city has actively promoted a culture that has emphasized deregulation in the form of "the removal of unnecessary obstacles that hinder encounters and actions with impact" with the purpose of encouraging value production through individual (entrepreneurial) activity, as well as the promotion of authenticity and lively urban culture (Jokela, 2019;Kuudes Kerros & City of Helsinki, 2016).…”

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Nordic home-sharing utopia: a critical analysis of Airbnb in Helsinki

Jokela

Minoia

2020

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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The proliferation of Airbnb listings has been studied in major tourist cities, but much less is known about the phenomenon in Nordic cities. In this paper we have examined the situation in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, which has been largely unexplored in the research literature. Using our situated knowledge as an entry point, this study is based on geostatistical analysis, qualitative analysis of Airbnb listings, thematic conversations with experts and analysis of public discourses through media, to illustrate how Airbnb listings are distributed within the city and what perceptions and responses this phenomenon is generating. In the study, we challenge the public narrative that portrays short-term renting of homes in Helsinki as a form of sharing economy, as opposed to more destructive developments in major European tourist cities.

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Nordic home-sharing utopia: a critical analysis of Airbnb in Helsinki

Jokela

Minoia

2020

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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“…And thus, this brings us back to Acevedo's (2016) comments about the wait-and-see approach to regulation. It relies on the assumption that more precise regulatory intervention is possible, but only once the market has become somewhat settled.…”

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Research directions for sharing economy issues

Kauffman

Naldi

2020

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

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The sharing economy proposes a new approach to designing and delivering products and services, that aims at avoiding waste, improving efficiency, and favoring bottom-up change. In this research commentary, we survey the current state of things and propose some directions for research. We first describe the industries, products, and services currently representing the sharing paradigm, the technology platforms enabling it, the business models driving it, and the regulatory issues. We envisage that promising areas of research should include: (1) devising more efficient algorithms; (2) considering ecological and prosocial objective functions; (3) dealing with regulatory issues; (4) expanding the span of research to cover more geographical areas and a wider set of services; and (5) supporting services with more reliable reputation and recommendation systems.

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“…On the other hand, enthusiasts of creating a consistent regulation claim that this is the only way of amending emerging market errors that users alone are not able to overcome (Codagnone and Martens, 2016). Because of the dynamic development of cooperation economy and difficult direction of development, there appear voices are inducing to refrain from choosing the appropriate way and wait for an appropriate moment (Acevedo, 2016).…”

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Legal Aspects of Sharing Economy: The Case of Games’ Platforms

Wójcik-Jurkiewicz¹,

Lubicz-Posochowska²,

Czarnecka³

et al. 2021

ERSJ

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Purpose: This article aims to show whether there are other mechanisms for dealing with customer complaints than those proposed by the platforms. Who is responsible for the content on the platforms? The aim of this article is to show that there are no rules other than private international law that allow customers to enforce their rights. Design/Methodology/Approach: The authors use a literature review methodology consisting of a bibliographic analysis and an analysis of legal acts. The scientific argument concerns the study of the legal regulations' weaknesses based on a case study in the form of cases negotiated in international fora. The main objective of this research method was to identify the circumstances of legislative failure. Findings: These regulatory findings could pave the way for emerging research on the role of digitalization for sharing practices. Practical implications: The practical implications of this article are enormous. First, it should be noted that law has not always kept pace with economical solutions, and in this case, there is no opportunity for clear legal rules that allow customers to safely conduct transactions outside of the self-regulation of these online platforms. Originality/Value: There has not yet been an examination of the law in practice -i.e., a discussion of regulatory options for international digital platforms.

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Regulating Employment Relationships in the Sharing Economy

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Nordic home-sharing utopia: a critical analysis of Airbnb in Helsinki

Nordic home-sharing utopia: a critical analysis of Airbnb in Helsinki

Research directions for sharing economy issues

Legal Aspects of Sharing Economy: The Case of Games’ Platforms

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