Project scientific article published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education
International Business Research ISSN 1913-9004 (Print ), ISSN 1913-9012 (Online)
The paper describes the state of the art of the sharing economy in an ecosystemic perspective including a discussion about the strengths and weakness of business models (apartment/house renting, couch-surfing, car sharing and ride sharing, co-working, reselling and trading) and regulatory and legal issues in some European countries such as: Italy, Spain, Croatia and Slovenia.
The work was carried out within “open DOORS”, a project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund in the framework of the Interreg Med Programme.