Journal of Management Studies’ Special Issue Call for Papers:
Challenges and opportunities in the sharing economy
Submission Deadline: January 15, 2018
Guest Editors:
Guest Editors:
- · Yonggui Wang, University of International Business and Economics, China (ygwang@uibe.edu.cn)
- · Li-Qun Wei, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong — JMS Associate Editor (weiliqun@hkbu.edu.hk)
- · Weiru Chen, China Europe International Business School, China (weiruchen@ceibs.edu)
- · Michael Leiblein, Ohio State University, USA (leiblein.1@osu.edu)
- · Marvin Lieberman, University of California, Los Angeles, USA (marvin.lieberman@anderson.ucla.edu)
- · Gideon Markman, Colorado State University, USA (gid.markman@gmail.com)
Overview
This
special issue explores how, when, why, where and under what conditions an
emerging form of collaborative consumption, popularly known as the “sharing
economy” affects the creation and capture of value. The sharing economy
(a.k.a. shareconomy, access, collaborative, and peer
economy) refers to a class of economic arrangements in which asset owners
and users mutualize access to the products or services associated with these
assets (Lamberton & Rose, 2012; Sundararajan, 2016). Fueled in part by
advances in information technology and excess resources, the sharing economy is
now recognized as offering easy and broad connection with customers and
suppliers.
The
emergence of collaborative consumption and the sharing economy has led to
dramatic changes in the nature of competition between entrants and incumbents.
For instance, the sharing economy has fostered the growth of many well-known
startups, including accommodation companies (Airbnb), social media firms
(Facebook), and financial firms (Lending Club) (Belk, 2014; Matzler et
al., 2015). The valuation of Airbnb, a 7-year-old startup, is $30 billion,
which is worth nearly $7 billion more than the 97 years old, publicly-traded
Hilton Worldwide—the next most valuable hospitality company. Age and valuations
aside, Airbnb boasts more than 2 million listings in more than 191 countries
whereas the newly combined Marriott and Starwood offer ‘only’ 1.1 million rooms
in 110 countries worldwide. Some estimate that the sharing economy is valued at
$26 billion, with new services and multisided platforms emerging almost daily
(Botsman, 2014; Botsman, & Roger, 2011).
This
Special Issue (SI) aims to explore and explain how, why and when the sharing
economy affects consumers, business competition, and regulators. The SI also aim
to shed light on how the sharing economy addresses problems of profit making,
trust building, and market legitimacy in both B2B and B2C markets. In the
sharing economy, the roles of suppliers, buyers, and users tend to blur and
overlap as parties build platforms to share their resources (Belk, 2014;
Williamson & De Meyer, 2012). Academic research, however, has yet to
explain, especially theoretically how multisided platforms overcome these
challenge while increasing asset accessibility and maximize the value of
resources. As the sharing economy challenges how businesses are organized and
governed, it creates opportunities for scholars to assess management theories,
labor laws, practices and the nature of for profit and nonprofit enterprises
(Davis, 2016).
What
the Special Issue (SI) Hopes to Accomplish
First, this
SI seeks to offer a clear conceptualization of the sharing economy. By
identifying and categorizing the critical actors—the suppliers, platform
providers, social entrepreneurs, and users associated with the sharing economy,
as well as regulatory institutions—we hope to refine our understanding of the
contexts wherein the sharing economy is most likely to have its greatest
impact.
Second, this
SI seeks to better understand how the sharing economy coordinates action across
these diverse actors and even ecosystems. Our SI will favor manuscripts
that, individually and collectively, address big research questions and create
foundational knowledge that addresses the logistical, operational, governance
and performance consequences of the sharing economy for new entrants and
incumbents alike. Such work may explore, for instance, whether existing
conceptualizations of platform competition are precise enough to explain how
traditional incumbents should react to sharing-economy entrants.
Third, our
experience shows that studies on emerging phenomena tend to homogenize; they
usually follow similar empirical methodologies, converge around a dominant
conceptual lens, and tackle similar research questions. The risks
associated with such “convergence” is potentially overemphasizing branded players (e.g.
Airbnb, Craig’s List, etc.), while underspecifying processes (e.g.
how, when and where players inside and outside the sharing economy collaborate
and compete). Our SI favors attention to processes, especially
the underlying mechanism in both developed and developing worlds.
Given
the multi-disciplinary and multi-level nature of the sharing economy, we
encourage conceptual and empirical studies using a variety of methods
(qualitative and quantitative). Our SI will also differentiate other
special issues on this topic (e.g., AMD, which focuses on empirical research
and MIS Quarterly, which focuses on information technology)
Submission
Process and Deadlines
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Manuscripts will be reviewed according to the JMS double-blind review
process.
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Submissions should be prepared using the JMS Manuscript Preparation Guidelines.
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Manuscripts should be submitted by January 15, 2018 to Margaret Turner (business.jms@durham.ac.uk).
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For informal inquires related to the Special Issue, proposed topics and
potential fit with the Special Issue objectives, please contact the guest
editors.
Special
Issue Workshop: To help authors advance their manuscripts, a Special
Issue Workshop will be held in May 2018 (location to be announced). Authors of
R&R manuscripts will be invited to present and discuss their papers during
the workshop, but presentation at the workshop does not guarantee acceptance of
a paper for publication in JMS. Attending the workshop is not a precondition
for acceptance into the Special Issue.
References:
Davis, G. F. 2016. The vanishing American
corporation: Navigating the hazards of a new economy. Ann Arbor, MI:
Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Lamberton, C.P., and Rose, R.L. 2012.
When is ours better than mine? A framework for understanding and altering
participation in commercial sharing systems. Journal of Marketing,
Vol. 76 No. 4, pp. 109-125.
Matzler, K., Veider, V., and Kathan, W. 2015. Adapting to
the sharing economy. MIT Sloan Management Review, Vol. 56 No. 2,
pp. 71-77.
Sundararajan, A., 2016. The Sharing Economy: The
End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism, MIT Press
Williamson, P.J., & De Meyer, A. 2012. Ecosystem advantage:
How to successfully harness the power of partners. California
Management Review, Vol. 55 No. 1, pp. 24-46.
