Sharing economy
- 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.
Author details: | Matthias Filser, Victor TiberiusORCiDGND, Sascha KrausORCiDGND, Jonathan Spitzer, Norbert Kailer, Ricarda B. Bouncken |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2020.112234 |
ISSN: | 1742-5360 |
ISSN: | 1742-5379 |
Title of parent work (English): | International journal of entrepreneurial venturing |
Subtitle (English): | a bibliometric analysis of the state of research |
Publisher: | Inderscience Enterprises |
Place of publishing: | Genève |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2020/10/22 |
Publication year: | 2020 |
Release date: | 2023/10/04 |
Tag: | bibliometrics; business models; citation analysis; collaborative consumption; disruption; literature review; regulations; sharing economy |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 6 |
Number of pages: | 1 |
First page: | 665 |
Last Page: | 665 |
Organizational units: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Fachgruppe Betriebswirtschaftslehre |
DDC classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 65 Management, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit / 650 Management und unterstützende Tätigkeiten |
Peer review: | Referiert |