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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

Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | Peer reviewed

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.

Details about the publication

Editors: Thomas Oliver, Teuteberg Frank
Book title: Proceedings der 12. Internationalen Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2015)
Page range: 332-347
Place of publication: Osnabrück
Status: Published
Release year: 2015
Language in which the publication is written: English
Conference: 12th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2015), Osnabrück
Keywords: service; peer-to-peer; sharing and collaborative consumption; law; relationship; share economy

Authors from the University of Münster

Becker, Jörg
Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)
Chasin, Friedrich
Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)
Matzner, Martin
Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)

Projects the publication originates from

Joint Project: Crowdsourcing - Charging Service Provided by Private Persons as an Innovative Business Model - Project Part: User Acceptance and Service Design (CrowdStrom)
Duration: 01/12/2013 - 28/02/2015 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project