Understanding collaborative consumption / edited by Pia A. Albinsson (Beroth Professor of Marketing, Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University, US), B. Yasanthi Perera (Assistant Professor, Department of Organizational Behaviour, Human Resources, Entrepreneurship, and Ethics, Goodman School of Business, Brock University, Canada) and Stephanie J. Lawson (Associate Professor, Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University, US).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Albinsson, Pia A., editor.

Perera, B. Yasanthi, editor.

Lawson, Stephanie J., editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Understanding

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumption (Economics).

Cooperation.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"This dynamic book explores the importance of collaborative consumption; which is particularly relevant at a time when the sharing economy has established itself as part of the mainstream market. Nearly 40 expert scholars across the globe go beyond the existing literature to investigate understudied community efforts and spaces, including innovative topics such as hand-me-downs and coworking. Championing an interdisciplinary approach, Understanding Collaborative Consumption follows a detailed framework to dissect its role within the sharing economy. Setting out a schema for understanding collaborative consumption and its paradoxes, it analyses the role of the consumer and provides an exploration of grassroots and community efforts. Contributors discuss platformed and branded efforts to extend the reciprocity based market, and conclude with an appraisal of negative externalities and emerging trends. Providing an in-depth examination of a sector that has in recent years rapidly grown in scope and breadth, this book will be a crucial read for academics and researchers of business management, marketing and sociology. It will also prove valuable to students and scholars interested in economic entrepreneurship, branding and the sharing economy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword / Cait Lamberton

Part I: Framework for understanding cc

1. Understanding collaborative consumption: An overview / B. Yasanthi Perera, Pia A. Albinsson, and Stephanie J. Lawson

2. The paradox of collaborative consumption / Hugo Guyader

Part II: Consumer roles in cc

3. How do prosumers collaborate in online communities? The four-level structure of collaborative prosumption practices / Jan-Hendrik Bucher, Johanna Gollnhofer, and Niklas Woermann

4. The effect of materialism on participation in collaborative consumption / Antje R. H. Graul and Aristeidis Theotokis

5. Self-regulating a collaborative engagement platform: Case reko / Hanna Leipämaa-Leskinen, Elina Närvänen, and Hannu Makkonen

Part III: Grassroots and community efforts

6. Repair cafés: Exploring collaborative repair / Lucie K. Ozanne

7. Sustainability in alternative consumer networks: Understandings and expectations / Birgit Teufer

8. Collaborative consumption after community tragedies: Public space for communal healing / Amy Greiner Fehl and Marlys Mason

9. Hand-me-downs: The wallflower of pre-ownership and a special case for psychological ownership / Susanne Ruckelshausen and Bernadette Kamleitner

Part IV: Cc platforms and branded efforts

10. Branded resale apparel programs: A response to collaborative consumption / Meegan Feori-Payne, Rebeca Perren, and Stephanie J. Lawson

11. Collaborative consumption providers: Examining the roles, classifications, and earnings of gig workers / Mark R. Gleim and Alexander Davidson

12. Canines and the chemistry of coworking / Will Low and Eileen Davenport

13. From land to table: A sustainable chain towards collaborative consumption / Angelo Ranieri, Marco Tregua, and Irene Di Bernardo

Part V: Negative externalities and emerging trends

14. Negative externalities of collaborative consumption: The cost of exploitation / Merlyn A. Griffiths, Chantell LaPan, and Channelle D. James

15. Cryptocurrency communities: An overview of collaborative currency systems / Lagnajita Chatterjee, Pia A. Albinsson, Dan R. Bradbury, and Adrienne F. Muldrow

16. Modern social trends that facilitate collaborative consumption adoption: An exploration of new opportunities / Yang (Jenny) Guo, Xiadong Nie, and Debi P. Mishra.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781035307531 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.