At the tip of the hype cycle, trust-free systems based on blockchain technology promise to
revolutionize interactions between peers that require high degrees of trust, usually facilitated …

Purpose A growing body of research from various domains has investigated Airbnb, a two-
sided market platform for peer-based accommodation sharing. The authors suggest that it is …

Contemporary e-commerce platforms enable the exchange of idle resources among private
individuals directly from peer to peer. The success of peer-to-peer sharing platforms largely …

Contemporary C2C platforms, such as Airbnb, have exhibited considerable growth in recent
years and are projected to continue doing so in the future. These novel consumer-to …

Purpose The sharing economy is the internet-enabled business model that has changed the
way people travel, work and interact. Similar to other internet-enabled settings, trust is of …

Blockchain technology has reached a trough of disillusionment, especially with regard to
sharing economy platforms. Following up on our reasoning in the limits of trust-free systems …

The relevance of the sharing economy model has attracted the academic interest, leading to
distinct lines of inquiry. However, an empirical examination of the factors influencing …

Communication of scarcity has emerged as a fundamental marketing principle in electronic
commerce and for hospitality platforms in particular. We investigate the effect of scarcity cues …

Purpose This paper examined the relationship between firm innovativeness and consumer
trust in the sharing economy. In addition, the authors examine the mediating effect of …

Digitalization is a ubiquitous term and refers to the digitization of processes and information
alongside improvements, innovations, and reinventions that are enabled by increasingly …