A sustainability perspective for sharing economy business model and its unintended effects

Mohammad Hossein Foroozanfar, Narges Imanipour, Seyed Mojtaba Sajadi, Mohammad Reza Habibi

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Abstract

The sharing economy business model (SEBM) creates a new type of business that offers goods and services more efficiently than traditional exchange markets. This study conducts a systematic literature review complying with the PRISMA protocol to enhance our comprehension of the SEBM through three key contributions. First, it performs a descriptive analysis of the included publications to offer the overall picture of publication outlets, country and sector contexts, and the methodological designs. Second, and more importantly, it identifies and categorizes the negative and positive unintended effects of SEBMs through a sustainability perspective by performing two thematic analyses that encompass themes and subthemes. And finally, it develops an integrated framework for SEBM and its unintended effects, incorporating both dimensions of the business model and pillars of sustainability. This framework facilitates the discussion of findings, identifies gaps in the literature, and provides directions for future research.
Original languageEnglish
Article number145177
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of Cleaner Production
Volume500
Early online date1 Mar 2025
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2025

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Copyright © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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