A Platform Economy? A Sharing Economy? A Gig Economy? The Changing Nature of Work, Employment, and Market Competition

Friday, June 24, 2016

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


TH01-01
Social Structures in the New Capitalism
A Platform Economy? A Sharing Economy? A Gig Economy? The Changing Nature of Work, Employment, and Market Competition

Discussant: Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis
Moderator: Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis

Participants:
Shared Goods but What about Shared Identities? the Resonance of the Sharing Economy in Local Communities
Yotala Oszkay Febres-Cordero, University of California, Los Angeles
The Labour of Sharing: Three Discourses on the Division of Labour in Couchsurfing
Karolina Mikolajewska-Zajac, UC Berkeley / Kozminski Univ., Warsaw
Value Creation & Innovation in Makerspaces: Evaluating the Conditions for Generalized Exchange in a Physical Space
Andreea Daniela Gorbatai, UC Berkeley; Sonali K. Shah, U of Illinois
Distinction at Work: Status Practices in a Community Production Environment
William Attwood-Charles, Boston College; Juliet Schor, Boston College

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


TH01-02
Regulation and Conflict in the Platform Economy
A Platform Economy? A Sharing Economy? A Gig Economy? The Changing Nature of Work, Employment, and Market Competition

Discussant: Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis
Moderator: Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis

Participants:
Deregulating/Regulating Work and Employment in the Platform Economy. the Case of Uber Drivers in France
Sophie Bernard, IRISSO - Paris Dauphine University; Sarah Abdelnour, IRISSO - Paris Dauphine University
It's None of Our Business: The Postindustrial Corporation and the Guy with a Car As Entrepreneur
Julia Tomassetti, Center for Law, Society, & Culture, Maurer School of Law, University of Indiana
Taxis Versus Uber: Politics and Morality in Competing Market Forms
Jason Jackson, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

2:30 PM-4:00 PM


TH01-03
Making Markets and Creating Value
A Platform Economy? A Sharing Economy? A Gig Economy? The Changing Nature of Work, Employment, and Market Competition

Discussant: Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis
Moderator: Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis

Participants:
The Digital Market for Local Services: A One-Night Stand for Workers? an Example from the on-Demand Economy
Willem Pieter de Groen, CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies); Maselli Ilaria, CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies)
Platforms for Monetizing User-Generated Content: Business Models and Strategies of Youtubers
Bryce Anable, Community and Regional Development, UC Davis; Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis
Institutional Characteristics of the "Platform Economy"
Vili Lehdonvirta, University of Oxford

4:15 PM-5:45 PM


TH01-04
Coordination and Organization in the Platform Economy
A Platform Economy? A Sharing Economy? A Gig Economy? The Changing Nature of Work, Employment, and Market Competition

Discussant: John Zysman, UC Berkeley
Moderator: John Zysman, UC Berkeley

Participants:
Marketplace Platforms or Exchanges? Financial Metaphors for Regulating the Collaborative Economy
Michael Castelle, University of Chicago
Building Mobile Internet Platform Business Models in China: Vertical, Horizontal or Conglomerates
Kai Jia, School of Public Policy, Tsinghua University; Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis
Beyond Markets and Hierarchies? The Case of Upwork
Brian Judge, University of California, Berkeley

Saturday, June 25, 2016

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


TH01-05
Theorizing the "Sharing" Economy
A Platform Economy? A Sharing Economy? A Gig Economy? The Changing Nature of Work, Employment, and Market Competition

Discussant: John Zysman, UC Berkeley
Moderator: John Zysman, UC Berkeley

Participants:
The Social System of Production of Digital Capitalism and Industry 4.0
Philipp Staab, Hamburg Institute for Social Research; Oliver Nachtwey, Goethe University Frankfurt
Beyond the State-Market Dualism, the Sharing Economy: Epistemological and Practical Issues
David Vallat, UNIVERSITE LYON 1
How the Digital Economy & the Spead of New Forms of Shared Property Are Framing New Type of Firms
Benjamin Coriat, University Paris 13
The Salience of Organizational Form in a "Platform Economy"
Carla Ilten, University of Illinois at Chicago

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


TH01-06
Laboring in the Cyber-Coordinated Economy
A Platform Economy? A Sharing Economy? A Gig Economy? The Changing Nature of Work, Employment, and Market Competition

Discussant: John Zysman, UC Berkeley
Moderator: John Zysman, UC Berkeley

Participants:
Working with machines: The impact of algorithmic and data-driven management on human workers
Min Kyung Lee, Carnegie-Mellon University
Working with Algorithms: Labor, Technology, and the Rise of a Billion-Dollar Startup
Benjamin Shestakofsky, University of California, Berkeley
Not a Lot of People Know Where It Is: Liabilities of Origin in Online Contract Work
Vili Lehdonvirta, University of Oxford
Sex in the Gig Economy: The Tyranny & Opportunity of Online Platforms for Independent Escorts
Kathryn Hausbeck Korgan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Alex Nelson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2:30 PM-4:00 PM


TH01-07
The Sharing Economy? Definitions and Meanings
A Platform Economy? A Sharing Economy? A Gig Economy? The Changing Nature of Work, Employment, and Market Competition

Discussant: Cecilia Manzo, University of Florence
Moderator: Francesco Ramella, University of Torin
Session Organizers: Francesco Ramella, University of Torin; Ivana Pais, Universitą Cattolica; Cecilia Manzo, University of Florence

Participants:
Unboxing the Collaborative Economy: Sharing Definition and Indicators
Davide Arcidiacono, University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Sharing Economy: A Step Towards the Re-Embeddedness of the Economy?
Ivana Pais, Universitą Cattolica; Giancarlo Provasi, Universitą degli Studi di Brescia
Thinking Together - Common Reasoning in Crowdsourcing
Katarzyna Lisek, Jagiellonian University

4:15 PM-5:45 PM


TH01-08
The Sharing Economy? Spaces and Places
A Platform Economy? A Sharing Economy? A Gig Economy? The Changing Nature of Work, Employment, and Market Competition

Discussant: Ivana Pais, Universitą Cattolica
Moderator: Davide Arcidiacono, University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Session Organizers: Francesco Ramella, University of Torin; Ivana Pais, Universitą Cattolica; Cecilia Manzo, University of Florence

Participants:
Maintaining the Digital Commons: A Comparison of Debian Linux and Irrigation Canals in Nepal
Atul Pokharel, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University
Fab Labs in Italy: Collective Goods in the Sharing Economy
Francesco Ramella, University of Torin; Cecilia Manzo, University of Urbino
Get What You Want - a Qualitative Study to Elicit Renters' Participation Motives in Peer-to-Peer Carsharing
Mark-Philipp Wilhelms, EBS Universitaet fuer Wirtschaft und Recht; Katrin Merfeld, EBS Universitaet fuer Wirtschaft und Recht; Sven Henkel, EBS Universitaet fuer Wirtschaft und Recht