Collaborative economy: reflections from literature

Abstract

Opportunities, business, and economic and market revolutions are emerging from the contributions generated by individual and organizational agents who are experiencing a new and increasingly complex and mutant dynamic. In this way an economic trend defined as the sharing economy represented by a new scenario where consumers, instead of depositing products in their homes, initiate a process of sharing. The spread of this economic behavior has developed worldwide collaborative consumption for which it is defined as traditional sharing practices such as barter and donation that from the dissemination of the Internet, technologies and mobile devices are increasingly present in everyday life. This article, the proposal is to present a review of 23 international studies and 2 national studies that contribute in this context. A review of the business and management literature is presented to present the main concepts addressed as a brief history of recent research and its theoretical, methodological and empirical assumptions. Finally, we will explore the main implications and shortcomings that can contribute to the management field in the sharing economy.