The Sharing Economy is focus in new report by SSE researchers
17 June, 2015
The underlying motives for the sharing economy is to reduce untapped overcapacity in both goods and services in order to match supply and demand at low transaction costs. As new digital platforms are replacing traditional intermediaries, new structures are created for both society and business.
The newly launched report The Sharing Economy: Embracing Change with Caution is written by Robin Teigland, Associated Professor and Claire Ingram, PhD student, both at the Stockholm School of Economics, and Anna Felländer, Chief Economist of Swedbank.
The Sharing Economy has a large potential for the future of work, production, and collaboration in Sweden. Even if Sweden has an excellent position to benefit from the growth of the sharing economy, it could do more to facilitate the development in this area, according to the authors.
