In their exploratory study, the platforms2share researchers find that sharing organizations receive attention, resources and legitimation from a „disruptive field“ of organizations including tech-media and venture capitalists – a field that initiates and support technological innovation which potentially disrupt existing fields and industries. So far, the field pays attention to dominant models in the sharing economy such as Airbnb or Uber. The authors published the chapter in the renowned series „Research in the Sociology of Organizations“.

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In Ihrer explorativen Studie zum Feld der Sharing Economy finden die ForscherInnen heraus, dass Sharing Organisationen Legitimation und Ressourcen von einem „Disruptiven Feld“ an Organisationen (z.B. Tech-Medien, Venture Capitalists) erhalten, die technologische Innovationen anstoßen und stärken und damit bestehende Industrien und Felder disruptieren. Bisher schenkt dieses Feld insbesondere dominanten Sharing Organisationen (z.B. Airbnb, Uber) Aufmerksamkeit. Die Autoren veröffentlichen das Kapitel in der renommierten Serie „Research in the Sociology of Organizations“.

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Tino Schöllhorn published a short paper showing how the Blockchain technology is theorized using data from Wikipedia. Based on these results he concludes that the use of Blockchain in the Sharing Economy might start to gain momentum.

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