Ethics, Business Model and the Sharing Economy

Table of Contents

1          PROPOSED THESIS TITLE AND TYPE

2          PROPOSED SUPERVISORY TEAM

3          BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW

3.1       INTRODUCTION

3.2       LITERATURE REVIEW

3.3       RESEARCH PROBLEM

4          METHODOLOGY

1         Proposed Thesis Title and Type

Thesis Title: “Ethics, Business Model and the Sharing Economy”

Thesis Type: Thesis by Publication

Keywords: innovation, sharing economy, sharing economy platforms, online accessibility, contemporary, business model, gig economy, digital sharing economy

2         Proposed Supervisory Team and Their Credentials

Principal Supervisor: Dr. Rui Torres De Oliveira

His main research interests are, such as, international business and new ventures, entrepreneurship, and business information systems.

3         Background and Literature Review

3.1        Introduction

• Research focus

The research project is an interdisciplinary research that explores the intersection of ethics, business model, sharing economy and digitalisation.

• Rationality
• Proposed Research Area
• What’s the knowledge used for

3.2        Literature Review

Provide a systematic literature review on ethics, business model and the sharing economy in business and management field

3.2.1        Ethics

Þ    Behavioural Ethics in the Digital Age and the impacts of cultural background on consumer behaviour

Þ    Ethical perceptions in terms of social commerce in general and amongst Sharing economy platforms

3.2.2        Business model

Þ    Business Model Innovation

Þ    Semiotic and communicative methods for modelling business processes

Þ    Relations between the technological, organisational and knowledge levels in business model innovation

3.2.3        Sharing economy

Þ    Value Creation

Þ    Internet platform and online accessibility as characteristics of sharing economy

Þ    Technological life of sharing economy

3.2.4        Sociotechnical perspectives on ethics, business model and sharing economy

the impact of cultural

background on consumer behavior

3.2.5        Innovation, Regulatory arbitrary aided by technology, the role and implications in driving the sharing economy

3.3        Research Problem

• Existing gap from literatures
  • A lack of literatures providing an analysis on such factors in a specific region reflecting different institutional concerns.
• How addressing this gap will contribute to knowledge

3.3.1        Research Questions

4         Methodology

strategy to address the research questions

5         Reference List