(apologies for cross posting):
We would like to draw your attention to the following Showcase Panel Symposium on Sharing Economy, sponsored by the BPS, ENT and TIM divisions. The details of the event are as follows:
| Session Type: Showcase Symposium
Program Session: 1696 | Submission: 15902 | Sponsor(s): (BPS, ENT, TIM)
Scheduled: Tuesday, Aug 8 2017 9:45AM - 11:15AM at Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Regency Ballroom VII |
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| Emergence of the Sharing Economy: Definitions, Institutions, Implications for Management Research
Sharing Economy`s Emergence | | |
Chair: Bilgehan Uzunca, U. Utrecht School of Economics
Chair: Robert Seamans, NYU Stern
Participant: Rahul Kapoor, U. of Pennsylvania
Participant: Aija Elina Leiponen, Cornell U.
Participant: Marvin B Lieberman, U. of California, Los Angeles
Participant: Fernando Suarez, Northeastern U.
Participant: Arun Sundararajan, NYU Stern
In this panel symposium, we aim to stimulate a rich discussion on the definition, regulation, and research implications of the Sharing Economy (SE). SE platforms such as Airbnb, Blablacar, and Uber have recently disrupted the competitive landscape across a range of industries, where participants routinely share commodities such as spare rooms, cars, tools, and even food with fellow participants. The value proposition of these platforms brings significant economic, environmental, and entrepreneurial benefits in efficiency, sustainability, and social cohesion in a way that was previously not feasible. In markets entered by SE platforms, concerns also have been raised as to safety, health, consumer protection, worker's rights, unfair competition, and limited liability of these sharing practices. National governments and municipalities face a dilemma between not smothering this innovative phenomenon by excessive, ill-suited, and outdated regulation on the one hand, and protecting the public welfare from fraud, liability, and unskilled service of these practices on the other hand. We aim to explore this dilemma by discussing (1) the definition of Sharing Economy and whether SE really is about sharing; (2) whether policy makers need to intervene, or if industry self-regulation is adequate for now; and (3) which theoretical perspectives from management, economics, strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship can help to explain the nature, emergence, and growth of the SE.
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Best Regards
Dr. Bilgehan Uzunca | Assistant Professor in Organization and Innovation | Chair of Strategy, Organization and Entrepreneurship | Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E.) | Faculteit Recht, Economie, Bestuur en Organisatie (REBO)/Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance | Visiting address: Kriekenpitplein 21-22, 3584 EC Utrecht | Postal address: PO Box 80125, 3508 TC Utrecht, the Netherlands | Room 1.14 | B.Uzunca@uu.nl | +31 (0) 30 253 9286 | http://www.uu.nl/staff/BUzunca/