TY  - JOUR
A1  - Filser, Matthias
A1  - Tiberius, Victor
A1  - Kraus, Sascha
A1  - Spitzer, Jonathan
A1  - Kailer, Norbert
A1  - Bouncken, Ricarda B.
T1  - Sharing economy
BT  - a bibliometric analysis of the state of research
JF  - International journal of entrepreneurial venturing
N2  - The sharing economy has received increased attention in entrepreneurship research, resulting in a complex research landscape that is hard to overlook. Using a bibliometric analysis, we aim to further synthesise the field by: 1) summarising the most important definitions given by extant literature to capture the common understanding of the sharing economy; 2) identifying three thematic clusters based on the top 20 most cited publications; 3) conducting a citation analysis to show interdependencies between all authors; and 4) identifying the research methods used in the SE publications. Our results show: 1) many definitions with different emphases; 2) conceptualisation, collaborative consumption/ownership and the disruptive character of the sharing economy as three dominant research clusters; 3) a fairly even citation practice allowing for unbiased future research; and 4) that conceptual publications and quantitative as well as qualitative studies are fairly evenly published.
KW  - bibliometrics
KW  - business models
KW  - citation analysis
KW  - collaborative consumption
KW  - disruption
KW  - literature review
KW  - regulations
KW  - sharing economy
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2020.112234
SN  - 1742-5360
SN  - 1742-5379
VL  - 12
IS  - 6
SP  - 665
EP  - 665
PB  - Inderscience Enterprises
CY  - Genève
ER  -