Background

Companies based on a conventional business model have been facing a challenging competition from online application basis companies which apply a collaborative economic business model.  Most of the conventional companies have controlled all the resources needed to propel their business activities in order to win the competition.  In the other hand, the ‘collaborative economy’ business model is a model that applying an information technology which enables people to get what they need from other parties.  Ownership and access to resources can be shared among people, business startups and corporations.  The presence of a collaborative economy model provides a strong impact on conventional business model.  For conventional companies, it is a threat to the company's income because customers could buy and share products between them.  On the other side, the collaborative economy offers opportunities for companies to grow, compete and collaborate.

The main theme of the Sixth ICEBM is “The Role of Entrepreneurship and Business Management in Shaping Collaborative Economy”.  This conference aims to bring both researchers and practitioners to facilitate the discussion on the broad topics of the theme.  We invite research papers, work in progress or case studies, and provides an ideal opportunity not only for academic scholars sharing their most recent high quality work with other experts in that field of research but also practitioners.  Both empirical and conceptual or theoretical works are welcomed.

Published: 01 March 2017