Sharing Economy in the Czech Republic

Abstract

The sharing economy started to evolve significantly as a new trend at the end of last decade. An important impulse for this evolution was the technological development, which made it possible, together with the arrival of Web 2.0, to create platforms of the sharing economy. The sharing economy appears in a lot of variations, with local and worldwide accessibility, and the number of shared items is growing continuously. The focus of this paper is to map the spread of this new trend in the Czech Republic. It aims to identify individual areas of the sharing economy and to show their strengths and weaknesses. The paper includes the outcomes of a research dealing with identification of the areas of the sharing economy in the Czech Republic and with the experience with its use.