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The sharing economy meets reality

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Assessing the uncertainties of the business models driving the sharing economy.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 61, Issue 1
January 2018
110 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/3176926
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Published: 27 December 2017
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