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Solidarity in the Sharing Economy: The Role of Platform Cooperatives at the Base of the Pyramid

In: Sharing Economy at the Base of the Pyramid

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  • Morshed Mannan

    (European University Institute)

  • Simon Pek

    (University of Victoria)

Abstract

In recent years, we have witnessed growing interest at the intersection of two important phenomena: the rise of the sharing economy and long-standing interest in tackling pressing social and environmental issues at the base of the pyramid (BoP). While the sharing economy offers potential in tackling these issues, we argue on the basis of a growing body of research that its contemporary manifestations have largely failed to live up to their potential. We argue that an important reason for this is that research and practice have tended to focus on corporate forms of sharing platforms and have largely neglected their cooperative peers. In this chapter, we first distinguish corporate platforms from a nascent group of platform cooperatives before developing a typology of platform cooperatives in the BoP. This typology builds on early efforts to construct typologies of platform cooperatives in the Global North and thereby highlights various cases that show potential in overcoming the limitations of corporate platforms while offering important social and environmental benefits. Our typology helps identify areas for future applications and development of platform cooperativism and points to important areas of future research in both BoP contexts and beyond.

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  • Morshed Mannan & Simon Pek, 2021. "Solidarity in the Sharing Economy: The Role of Platform Cooperatives at the Base of the Pyramid," Springer Books, in: Israr Qureshi & Babita Bhatt & Dhirendra Mani Shukla (ed.), Sharing Economy at the Base of the Pyramid, edition 1, chapter 0, pages 249-279, Springer.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-16-2414-8_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-2414-8_11
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    1. Katherin Carrera-Silva & Olga Maritza Rodríguez Ulcuango & Paula Abdo-Peralta & Ángel Gerardo Castelo Salazar & Carmen Amelia Samaniego Erazo & Diego Haro Ávalos, 2024. "Beyond the Financial Horizon: A Critical Review of Social Responsibility in Latin American Credit Unions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(18), pages 1-23, September.
    2. Cossey, Jozef & Dedeurwaerdere, Tom & Périlleux, Anaïs, 2023. "Inherently unstable? Scaling, mission drift, and the comparative performance of community-based platforms in the sharing economy," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 212(C).

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