Sharing economy and corporate social responsibility: systematic literature review

Abstract

The sharing economy model and the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) represent important phenomena in the world of business today. The aim of this article is to characterise the current state of knowledge of the context of the sharing economy and CSR, to identify research gaps and to suggest possible directions for future research in this area. Using a standalone literature review, an analysis was performed of studies published on this topic in publications indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. In view of the fact that this topic is not yet part of mainstream research, only 20 publications published between 2017 and 2021 were analysed. The analysis performed shows that the context of the sharing economy and the concept of CSR are being investigated by researchers both in a general context and from the perspective of sharing economy platforms. However, significant research gaps exist in the investigation of the context of these two phenomena, which could be filled by investigation in the areas specified in the article.