@inbook{a7883e19312645b4a65f3a34746501c2,
title = "Online Platforms and the Circular Economy",
abstract = "Online platforms have a growing influence on how people interact with the physical world. They organise data streams, economic interactions and social exchanges of their users. Competitive dynamics in this emerging {\textquoteleft}platform society{\textquoteright} revolve around the ability to attract users to a platform, and to collect and analyse data from their interactions to achieve network effects. This chapter is about the roles of online platforms in enabling a more sustainable and circular economy. It identifies and describes three potential roles: they can enable people and organisations to (1) market, (2) operate and (3) co-create products, components and material. The identified roles provide a playground for firms to experiment with online platforms to advance their digital transition towards a circular economy.",
author = "Jan Konietzko and Nancy Bocken and Hultink, {Erik Jan}",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-97385-2_23",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-319-97384-5",
series = "Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Business in Association with Future Earth",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "435--450",
editor = "N Bocken",
booktitle = "Innovation for Sustainability",
}
