Impact of the Sharing Economy in Germany

The aim of the research project i-share is to capture the economic, ecologic and social impact of the sharing economy in Germany.

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We invite project and paper contributions that are grounded in different disciplines and theoretical perspectives. Contributions can be conceptual, methodological or empirical. Please submit an abstract till March 31, 2018.
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From which perspectives do researchers study the sharing economy? How can the sharing economy contribute to social sustainability in Germany? Can sharing business models be applied in the energy sector? How do communities manage themselves? Which factors influence sustainable entrepreneurial actions in the sharing economy? Around 30 researchers from different academic backgrounds came together for the i-share research workshop at the University of Mannheim on November 8th 2017 to discuss these questions.
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Symposium on Continuities, Disruptions and Management in the Sharing Economy: To advance the understanding of the sharing economy, with particular attention to its relation to the classic in management and organizational scholarship; and to explore methods suitable to grasp the sharing Economy as an object of inquiry.
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Philipp C. Mosmann and Peter Karl Becker show based on the example of urban community gardens, what they contribute to value creation and to what extent these modern forms continue and discontinue the historical development of garden land usage.
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On November 8th 2017, a workshop on current research on the sharing economy will take place at the University of Mannheim, Germany. Paper contributions can be conceptual, methodological or empirical. Please submit a short paper till September 15th.
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Call for Contribution: 5th International Workshop on the Sharing Economy - June 28/29 in Mannheim, Germany
Symposium on the Sharing Economy at the University of Sussex in Brighton on December 15th 2017
A look back at the second i-share Research Workshop
Prof. Dr. Achim Oberg
Prof. Dr. Dominika Wruk
Call for Paper - Research Workshop: Taking Stock of and Theorizing the Sharing Economy: Variety, Trajectories, and Consequences
From rural necessity to urban lifestyle. Garden usage as an example for historical forms and current developments of a sharing economy.
Prof. Dr. Achim Oberg
Prof. Dr. Dominika Wruk