Ethical marketing in the blockchain-based sharing economy : theoretical integration and guiding insights |
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Author: | Tan, Teck Ming1; Salo, Jari2 |
Organizations: |
1Department of Marketing, Management and International Business, Oulu Business School, University of Oulu, Pentti Kaiteran katu 1, 90570, Oulu, Finland 2Department of Economics and Management, University of Helsinki, Latokartanonkaari 5, P.O. Box 27, 00014, Helsinki, Finland |
Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 1.6 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2021121761696 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Springer Nature,
2021
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Publish Date: | 2021-12-17 |
Description: |
AbstractSince the introduction of Ethereum in 2015, blockchain technology (BT) has been evolving, and BT has been associated with the concept of the sharing economy by business academics. Despite the marketing research on the sharing economy that has been extensively conducted in the last decade, the linkage between BT and ethical marketing in the sharing economy remains unclear. Through a systematic literature review of 163 articles and a co-citation analysis, this study identifies the key elements of blockchain capabilities, blockchain attributes, and the underlying economic theories of blockchain. It also synthesizes and proposes a shift of ethical marketing logic in the blockchain-based sharing economy that delineates the principles of stakeholder capitalism. The article concludes with a list of future research directions that underline three approaches of stakeholder theory (i.e., the descriptive, instrument, and normative approaches). These directions aim to guide marketing scholars concerning how BT enables an institutionally embedded view of ethical marketing activities and practices that enhance collaborative marketing and subsequently innovate value chains and create sustainable business models in the sharing economy, as well as to the metaverse. see all
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Series: |
Journal of business ethics |
ISSN: | 0167-4544 |
ISSN-E: | 1573-0697 |
ISSN-L: | 0167-4544 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10551-021-05015-8 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-05015-8 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
512 Business and management |
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Funding: |
Open Access funding provided by University of Oulu including Oulu University Hospital. The first author gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the Foundation for Economic Education (Liikesivistysrahasto) with a Research Grant (18–10683) titled “digitalization–sustainability convergence in business transformation: the perspective of blockchain.” |
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