Sharing Economy and Big Data Analytics

Introduction

Knowledge is acquired through experience, everything else is information.

Albert Einstein

The discussion regarding sharing is very eloquent, it evokes a feeling of kindness and solidarity in each of us. It is used to express a desire to share a part of what we have with others: we can share a meal, an apartment or a car.

But can we share everything?

“I ask nothing more than to share my sorrows and joy.¹”

Sharing is an interface between individuals, it concerns both concrete and abstract things. In this way, we can share our pain, our joy, our love and even our life. Sharing helps to alleviate the suffering of people in need who are living in poverty. When we give part of what we have, we eradicate the selfishness that lies dormant within us and awaken hope of our human values in others.

The notion of sharing is not a human invention, but a reality that has accompanied man since the dawn of time. It is the result of needing to live in a community and strengthen social ties; because living in a society where sharing prevails strengthens security and trust between individuals.

Following the economic crises that shook the world economy after the Industrial Revolution, we became aware of the multi-dimensional nature of these crises (economic, social, environmental) and the value of reviewing the business models adopted so far.

“Sharing” has thus become the emblem of the new business model that we tend to call “the sharing economy”. It is defined as an activity to ...