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| Type | Conference Presentation |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Shareable Goods and Impacts on Consumption; The Case of the Digital Sharing Economy |
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| Presentation Type | paper |
| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | No |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Event Title | EnviroInfo 2021 |
| Event Type | conference |
| Event Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Event Start Date | September 27 - 2021 |
| Event End Date | September 29 - 2021 |
| Abstract Text | Digital platforms promote the shared consumption of a variety of material and immaterial goods. As they grow and appeal to more consumers, the new practices and patterns of sharing can have both desirable and undesirable impacts from a sustainability point of view. The present paper takes a closer look at the various impacts of shared consumption practiced in the digital sharing economy (DSE) with the aim to propose a guideline for assessing the DSE’s sustainability impacts. The guideline builds on a typology of shareable goods and a classification of different positive and negative environmental impacts of sharing. By considering different consumption scenarios (based on consumers’ behavioral responses, where applicable), the study develops a conceptual framework for the DSE’s impacts on the environment. This is also an extension of the general impact categories of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) which already exist in the literature. In addition to the impact of consumption, the concepts of the “impact of provision,” “impact of access,” and “impact of maintenance” are introduced as the four main evaluations comprising the sustainability assessment of sharing platforms. The considerations addressed can be helpful in delineating further evaluations of the sustainability of various instances of digital sharing systems. |
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