Dear friends, dear colleagues,
We, proponents, invite you with the greatest pleasure to submit your research papers to the track
"The Sharing, Gig, Platform and Post-Platform Economy: Actors, Business Models, Ecosystems and Technologies", Within the "SIG 03: ENTREPRENEURSHIP (ENT)", at the EURAM 2023 Conference which be held
at "Trinity College Dublin", Dublin, Ireland, 14-16 June 2023.
The platform economy has lowered transaction costs to popularize and democratize entrepreneurship for peers who exchange unused, underused or produced assets and skills. Technologies like artificial intelligence improve experience in real-time and insert more individuals to the platform economy. By shifting choices from possession to disposition, the platform economy reduces the resources required, carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions to corollary provide solutions to many of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Blockchain and Distributed Ledger technologies currently generate a post-platform economy where peers interact without intermediation for cryptocurrencies, NFT (non-fungible tokens), transactions and more. Virtual spheres and ecosystems allow peers to exchange along value chains, gig labor markets and societal interest at local and global levels.
These new paradigms require new business models.
A non-comprehensive list of topics for this track suggests:
Paradigms of venturing by calling on public contributions
- From ownership to P2P access model
- Social and non-profit entrepreneurship
- Necessity-driven entrepreneurship for household incomes
- Alternative platforms owned by partners
Ecosystems and actors of (post)platform economy
- Metaverse: combination of marketplace and Software programs
- Regulations for multi-sided P2P markets
- Gig economy and entrepreneurial aspirations
- The regulatory and legal aspects and governance issues in the sharing economy.
Business models, strategies and policy instruments of (post)platform economy
- From the local-regional-national to cross-border ecosystems
- Coworking and open innovation
- Value proposition and revenue streams
- Impact of access and (re)utilization model on inclusion
Technologies of (post)platform economy
- Blockchain and Distributed Ledger technologies
- The impact of metaverse and virtual ecosystems on the P2P entrepreneurship
- P2P technologies and lessening barriers for entrepreneurship
- Cryptocurrency and NFTs
The (Post)platform economy for helping to "Transform Business for Good"
- Sustainable platforms of people, planet and profit
- Impact of (re)utilization model on sustainability and cost of living
- Entrepreneurship in (under)developed markets
- Gig impact on the resignation wave, female income and Gen Z
In this perspective, the track encourages papers on:
- The multiple aspects of the sharing economy such business models, emerging customer values, income streams, artificial intelligence and digital technologies, and governance modes of the virtual ecosystems.
- The impacts the sharing economy might have on sustainability.
Please consider the following remarks and dates:
- Make sure to submit your paper to the track that you can easily find as the last one within the SIG 03: Entrepreneurship: T03_17 – The Sharing, Gig, Platform and Post-Platform Economy: Actors, Business Models, Ecosystems and Technologies
- Deadline for Paper Submission: Tuesday, 10 January 2023 (2 pm Belgian time)
- Notification of Acceptance: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
- Early Bird registration deadline: Friday, 07 April 2023
- Authors and panelists registration deadline: Friday, 14 April 2023
- Conference: 14-16 June 2023
We are looking forward meeting you in Dublin. There are perspectives for publications. Should you have any question, please do not hesitate to ask us.
Kind regards,
Galit KLEIN. Academic lecturer and mentor, Department of Economics & Business Management, Ariel University, Isreal,
galitk@ariel.ac.il Bassem NASRI. Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
bnasri@pmu.edu.sa