The Presentation of Self as Good and Right: How Value Propositions and Business Model Features are Linked in the Sharing Economy
| Autor: | Indre Maurer, Achim Oberg, Jennifer Klutt, Dominika Wruk |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Knowledge management business.industry Value proposition 05 social sciences 06 humanities and the arts Business model 0603 philosophy ethics and religion General Business Management and Accounting Grassroots Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Sharing economy Legitimation 0502 economics and business Sustainability Institutional theory Legitimation strategy Semantic network analysis Business model features 060301 applied ethics Business Business and International Management Business ethics Law 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Business Ethics. 159(4):997-1021 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0697 0167-4544 |
| Popis: | The sharing economy as an emerging field is characterized by unsettled debates about its shared purpose and defining characteristics of the organizations within this field. This study draws on neo-institutional theory to explore how sharing organizations position themselves vis-à-vis such debates with regard to (1) the values these organizations publicly promote to present themselves as “good” sharing organizations and (2) the business model features they make visible to appear as having the “right” organizational model. This study examines the online self-representations of 62 prototypical sharing organizations in Germany with regard to value propositions and business model features. A semantic network analysis of the features reveals two distinct categories of sharing organizations: grassroots initiatives and platform-based organizations. By showing how value propositions and business model features are linked in the sharing economy, the findings indicate the different legitimation strategies of grassroots initiatives and platform-based organizations, which we term “sustainability by model” and “sustainability by feature.” These findings broaden our understanding of the strategies that organizations apply to cope with societal expectations in the emerging sharing economy. peerReviewed |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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