The Law: The Boon and Bane of IT-enabled Peer-to-Peer Sharing and Collaborative Consumption Services

Chasin Friedrich, Matzner Martin, Löchte Matthias, Wiget Verena, Becker Jörg


Abstract
IT-enabled peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing and collaborative consumption services (SCCS) allow private persons to provide access for others to their cars, accommodation and other physical assets. Together they constitute the so called Share Economy. These services often operate in a legal gray area. The relationship between the law and SCCS is bidirectional. On the one hand, the development of new SCCS offerings has to comply with a broad body of existing regulations. On the other hand, new P2P SCCS businesses often discover legislative loopholes, thereby forcing the law to react.This article conceptualizes the complex relationship between the law and IT-enabled P2P SCCS by means of a framework. The applicability of the framework is demonstrated by analyzing a specific SCCS in the electric vehicle charging infrastructure domain. The framework should constitute an effective tool in the design of new and legal P2P SCCS offerings.

Keywords
service; peer-to-peer; sharing and collaborative consumption; law; relationship; share economy



Publication type
Research article in proceedings (conference)

Peer reviewed
Yes

Publication status
Published

Year
2015

Conference
12th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2015)

Venue
Osnabrück

Book title
Proceedings der 12. Internationalen Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2015)

Editor
Thomas Oliver, Teuteberg Frank

Start page
332

End page
347

Place
Osnabrück

Language
English

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