Is Airbnb an Example of a Sharing Economy?

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Is Airbnb an Example of a Sharing Economy?
Original language description
The paper discusses the topic of sharing economy in the segment of accommodation services on the example of Airbnb. The aim of this paper is to describe the advantages and disadvantages ofasharing economy especially in the context unfair competition. In the first part, the principles of sharing economy are introduced. The second part is focused on Airbnb, the main player, whichrepresents acontroversial approach to “sharing accommodation”, similar to Uber in the“carpooling” segment. The case study of Airbnb is aimed at the city of Prague. Data on the number of property owners, units,bedsand prices are also mentioned.The monitored period is between April 2016 and April 2017. Comparison with traditional providers is mentioned. At the end of this paper,there is a discussion about potential restrictionsof the accommodation segment and consequentrecommendations, which correspond to the recommendations of the European Union, are proposed too.
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Conference Proceedings of the 12th International Days of Statistics and Economics
ISBN
978-80-87990-14-8
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Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
1764-1771
Publisher name
Libuše Macáková, MELANDRIUM
Place of publication
Slaný
Event location
Praha
Event date
Sep 6, 2018
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
000455809400175

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