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Reshaping Competition in the Age of Platforms: The Winners of the Sharing Economy

In: Knowledge Management in the Sharing Economy

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  • Florina Magdalena Pȋnzaru

    (National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA))

  • Andreea Mitan

    (National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA))

  • Alina Daniela Mihalcea

    (National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA))

Abstract

Since the beginning of industrialization, the pipeline business model has dominated world economies: products were created by a producer, be it a person or a company, then customers were informed that they could buy those products, and the cycle closed with the proper selling of those goods to customers. In recent years, this linear mode of doing business has started to be replaced by platforms. While platforms are not a new way of doing business—fairs are the classic platform prototype—the use of ITC in creating, managing, and accessing platforms stimulated the appearance of a different approach to this business model, providing benefits for all of the economic actors participating in the digital economy. This chapter presents some of the particularities of digital platform business models and argues in favor of their benefits by referring to a number of worldwide famous businesses, in fields from education to transportation and commerce, constructed according to these models.

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  • Florina Magdalena Pȋnzaru & Andreea Mitan & Alina Daniela Mihalcea, 2018. "Reshaping Competition in the Age of Platforms: The Winners of the Sharing Economy," Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning, in: Elena-Mădălina Vătămănescu & Florina Magdalena Pînzaru (ed.), Knowledge Management in the Sharing Economy, pages 19-38, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:kmochp:978-3-319-66890-1_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66890-1_2
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    1. Anna Veretennikova & Kseniya Kozinskaya, 2022. "Assessment of the Sharing Economy in the Context of Smart Cities: Social Performance," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-15, September.

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