International Interdisciplinary Symposium
„Exploring the Aspects of the Collaborative Economy"
15 March 2019, Zagreb
Dear colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to welcome you in Zagreb, Croatia for the International Interdisciplinary Symposium “Exploring the Aspects of the Collaborative Economy» in organization of the Faculty of Economics and Business University of Zagreb.
Collaborative economy presents business model which activities promote platforms for collaboration that create an open market for temporary use of the goods or services and which are often provided by private persons. From the first basic idea of sharing economy as with no economic benefit the collaborative economy has grown, based on fast development of digitalisation and platforms, to the high impact industry.
Collaborative economy represents a challenge for regulators. The fast development of digital platforms cannot be followed on the adequate way providing legal certainty and legal surrounding. The idea of regulation at the level of European Union is based at the European Commission initiative, which is stressed in its Communication. When discussing the regulation it should be stressed that the regulation sometimes can have counterproductive effects on developing new possibilities. In the case of collaborative economy, where the consumers are actively participating in evaluation process, the service is directly connected with their evaluation. Sometimes, by regulation innovation can also decline. The Internet and digitalisation open up a possibility where consumer welfare can be better served by innovation and competition than by the regulation.
It is our great pleasure to welcome you in Zagreb, Croatia for the International Interdisciplinary Symposium “Exploring the Aspects of the Collaborative Economy» in organization of the Faculty of Economics and Business University of Zagreb.
Collaborative economy presents business model which activities promote platforms for collaboration that create an open market for temporary use of the goods or services and which are often provided by private persons. From the first basic idea of sharing economy as with no economic benefit the collaborative economy has grown, based on fast development of digitalisation and platforms, to the high impact industry.
Collaborative economy represents a challenge for regulators. The fast development of digital platforms cannot be followed on the adequate way providing legal certainty and legal surrounding. The idea of regulation at the level of European Union is based at the European Commission initiative, which is stressed in its Communication. When discussing the regulation it should be stressed that the regulation sometimes can have counterproductive effects on developing new possibilities. In the case of collaborative economy, where the consumers are actively participating in evaluation process, the service is directly connected with their evaluation. Sometimes, by regulation innovation can also decline. The Internet and digitalisation open up a possibility where consumer welfare can be better served by innovation and competition than by the regulation.
Idea & Mission
International Interdisciplinary Symposium gives an opportunity to analyse different aspects of the collaborative economy in one-day round table and poster presentations. Therefore the symposium themes include but are not limited to:
International Interdisciplinary Symposium gives an opportunity to analyse different aspects of the collaborative economy in one-day round table and poster presentations. Therefore the symposium themes include but are not limited to:
- Collaborative economy regulations
- Sharing tourism, big data analytics in tourism, opportunities, threats and privacy protection
- Mobility and transport, smarty city solutions, care sharing, robots
- Working relations
- Taxation
- Digital platforms
- Crowdfounding
- Collaborative housing and cities
- P2P platforms and other possibilities for support collaborative economy
- Social media and transformation of hospitality industry
- Social media and consumer behaviour
- Consumer protection in collaborative economy
- Virtual and augmented reality in digitalized retail landscape
- Digital transformation in financial services industry
- Block chain and crypto-currencies
- Financial market regulation in a digital world
- Privacy, security and data protection in collaborative economy
- Digital transformation and social inclusion
General information
Zagreb, 15 March 2019
Office and further queries: Kosjenka Dumančić ([email protected]); Anita Čeh Časni ([email protected])
The Symposium is organized parallely with working group meetings of COST Action CA 61121 «From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy» .
Experts in law and economics, employees of the state administration bodies, representatives of the private and public companies, representatives of independent agencies, attorneys, judges and members of judicial authorities and students are invited to attend the symposium.
Zagreb, 15 March 2019
Office and further queries: Kosjenka Dumančić ([email protected]); Anita Čeh Časni ([email protected])
The Symposium is organized parallely with working group meetings of COST Action CA 61121 «From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy» .
Experts in law and economics, employees of the state administration bodies, representatives of the private and public companies, representatives of independent agencies, attorneys, judges and members of judicial authorities and students are invited to attend the symposium.
Venue
Faculty of Economics and Business University of Zagreb Trg J.F.Kennedy 6 10000 Zagreb, Croatia |