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CFP: Sharing Economy at the Base of the Pyramid: Opportunities and Challenges

  • 1.  CFP: Sharing Economy at the Base of the Pyramid: Opportunities and Challenges

    Posted 02-19-2020 10:15
    Call for Papers for publication in a scholarly book and presentation in associated paper development workshop

    Sharing Economy at the Base of the Pyramid: Opportunities and Challenges

    Abstracts due– May 10, 2020.

    Paper Development Workshop: Dec 21-22, IIM, Udaipur, India.

    What are the key principles that drive and accelerate the growth of sharing economy in BOP? What types of risk and challenges these businesses face? How these initiatives can be sustained?

    What are the emerging community-led social innovation models of sharing economy that are designed or geared towards low-income communities? What is the potential positive impact? What are the risks inherent with these innovations?

    What roles do social entrepreneurship, social intermediation, and digital social innovation play in promoting and suppressing sharing economy at the BOP?

    Is sharing economy changing the perception about consumption and ownership of those living in base of the pyramid?

    How can governments, businesses and development institutions foster the growth of a sharing economy that empowers poor communities? how to make sharing economy a more inclusive economy?

    https://www.iimu.ac.in/media/news/call-for-papers-for-publication-in-a-scholarly-book-and-presentation-in-associated-paper-development-workshop-under-sparc

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    Dhirendra Shukla
    Indian Institute of Management Udaipur
    Udaipur
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