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Belgium: Adoption of the Sharing Economy

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  • Huybrechts, Liesbeth
  • van der Graaf, Shenja
  • D'Hauwers, Ruben
  • Pierson, Jo

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The debate on the sharing economy in Belgium has been mainly focused on its economic, quantitative, and digital aspects. Given the fact that the adoption of the sharing economy has accelerated lately, this report wanted to contribute to further open up the debate on the adoption of this economy in relation to an aspect that is too little discussed, namely (social and environmental) sustainability. Based on some smaller studies, this report identifies different drivers for concrete sustainable sharing economy initiatives to develop that situate themselves on the level of people’s daily life practices, social and cultural developments, and policy developments. Next to these drivers, there were issues detected that interact closely with the further development of this economy. The report ends with a suggestion for more systematic research of the drivers behind the initiation, adoption, and sustaining of sharing economy initiatives and their contributions to a more sustainable Belgian society.

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  • Huybrechts, Liesbeth & van der Graaf, Shenja & D'Hauwers, Ruben & Pierson, Jo, 2021. "Belgium: Adoption of the Sharing Economy," MPRA Paper 110227, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:110227
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    Keywords

    Sharing Economy; Belgium; Sustainability; Drivers; Adoption; Daily Life; Policy;
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    • L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software

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