Collaborative economies a path towards sustainable trade or towards unfair competition?: Airbnb Spain case analysis

Abstract

The collaborative economy is a phenomenon that is defined through the use of the Internet where it is linked to networks and platforms for the purpose of using time, goods and services, this being a reality to take advantage of the benefits of the collaborative economy and promote future lines of research in a significant way, likewise, the usual means of communication give rise to tools established by the internet, such as the case of social networks and that these quickly adapt to the new collaborative business models. This document is framed by a general objective that sets out how the Airbnb platform can contribute to sustainable economic development to change consumption models in the future.