Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Sharing Economy Phenomenon in the Digitization Era

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2019 12 (4)
Authors
Revenko, Lilia S.; Revenko, Nikolay S.
Contact information
Revenko, Lilia S.: Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the MFA of Russia 76 Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119454, Russia; , ORCID: 0000-0002-1519-1183; Revenko, Nikolay S.: Financial University 49 Leningradsky, Moscow, 125993, Russia, ORCID: 0000-0002-0359-5201
Keywords
sharing economy; digital platforms; optimizing resource usage; sectoral market structure; service content
Abstract

The article examines foreign and Russian experience in the sharing economy development. The phenomenon of collaborative consumption of goods and services gained an impetus on the back of technological change mainly due to the digitization. Digital platforms have brought the narrow consumer market phenomenon to the global economy level and created prerequisites not only for enhancing the local exchange of temporarily free resources (physical, power, labour, recreational resources and others), but also for their cross-border movement. The high spreading speed of digital technologies and business models based on them, as well as the objectively existing time lag between the ongoing transformations and their evaluation at the theoretical level, create a pluralistic picture of the concepts of this phenomenon. A critical analysis of approaches practiced by experts from different countries to the sharing economy scope revealed a shift in emphasis between some traditional economic categories, generating a field for theoretical discussion. The delicate borderline between the sharing economy and normal business operations causes regulatory problems at national and international levels. Based on their own theoretical views, the authors define the key areas of the sharing economy development, identify current trends that determine the present changes: market growth, multiplication of collectively consumed items, acceleration of operational activities, optimization of the end users’ income and expense. Advantages and disadvantages of sharing economy are also identified

Pages
678–700
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/110104

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