Sharing economy : A look at the modern-day marketplaces
Vartiainen, Riku (2018)
Vartiainen, Riku
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201805178653
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201805178653
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The goal of this thesis is to look at the history, emergence and the future of the sharing economy sometimes also labeled as collaborative consumption. In the modern days, technology has made it possible for people and corporations to share their services, offer job opportunities and disrupt the old-fashioned way of offering services through peer-to-peer enabled form of sharing their services with the help of the Internet.
In everyday life it can be noticed that instead of using central booking services or big commercialized chains to reserve services, many tend to look at the other alternatives such as Airbnb for housing, and Uber for taxi rides. These two serve as intermediaries, with a purpose to handle the paperwork for billing, and connecting the two parties and enable them to engage in so called P2P economy.
The focus of this report will be on peer-to-peer sharing economy, with a look at two of the biggest brands to push it forward, Airbnb and Uber. These two brands have become staples in the industry, as they have paved the way for many other through customer acquisitions.
In everyday life it can be noticed that instead of using central booking services or big commercialized chains to reserve services, many tend to look at the other alternatives such as Airbnb for housing, and Uber for taxi rides. These two serve as intermediaries, with a purpose to handle the paperwork for billing, and connecting the two parties and enable them to engage in so called P2P economy.
The focus of this report will be on peer-to-peer sharing economy, with a look at two of the biggest brands to push it forward, Airbnb and Uber. These two brands have become staples in the industry, as they have paved the way for many other through customer acquisitions.