Performing the sharing economy

Geoforum

Volumn 67, Issue , 2015, Pages 121-129

  Richardson, Lizzie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commons; Community; Diverse economies; Performance; Sharing economy; Work

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; OWNERSHIP; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84947798304     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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