Making Sense of the Sharing Economy: A Category Formation Approach
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background
2.1. Conceptualising the SE
2.2. SE as a Complex Category: Organising the Diversity under an Ambiguous Umbrella
2.3. How New Categories Emerge, and Legitimacy Is Construed
2.3.1. Categories
2.3.2. The Formation of Categories
2.3.3. New Categories and Entrepreneurship: The Central Role of Legitimacy
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Data Collection
3.2. Data Analysis and Interpretation
4. Results
- Phase 1. The revelation: activists disclose the possibility of a better world
- Phase 2. Clairvoyance: scientific community searches for clarification while official organisations seek peace
- Phase 3. Knowledge proliferation: scientific community takes over and sharing economy becomes a research object
5. Discussion
Limitations and Future Research Directions
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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