The aim of the project is to make research about consumers and service providers participating in business models of the sharing economy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania. Scientific discussions on the sharing economy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania are rather limited and fragmented, lacking empirical research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sharing economy platforms in Lithuania, their resilience to this economic shock, performance and diversity of services; it is also unclear how the habits and needs of consumers involved in economic initiatives have changed.
Project funding:
Project is funded by EU Structural Funds according to the 2014–2020 Operational Programme for the European Union Funds’ Investments priority “Development of scientific competence of researchers, other researchers, students through practical scientific activities” under Measure No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712.
Project results:
The project will be devoted to the evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sharing economy business models in Lithuania, studying changes in consumer and service provider behavior and service availability and substitutability, and comparing the resilience of sharing economy initiatives before and during the pandemic period.
Period of project implementation: 2021-09-01 - 2022-03-31
Project coordinator: Kaunas University of Technology
