Putting the sharing economy into perspective

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 23, Issue , 2017, Pages 3-10

  Frenken, Koen ^a   Schor, Juliet ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Platform; Regulation; Reverse technology assessment; Sharing; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 85009887792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2017.01.003     Document Type: Article

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