Platform economy deconstructed: intellectual bases and emerging ethical issues

IF 6.3 2区经济学 Q1 BUSINESS, FINANCE

Research in International Business and Finance Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102497

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The upsurge and domination of platform-based businesses have led scholars to examine different aspects of this digitally-enabled economy. However, a comprehensive review of the prevailing literature on platform economy is still missing. In this paper, we conduct a bibliometric analysis to better understand the state-of-the-art of the platform economy research. We examine a total of 1775 articles and 71,185 corresponding cited references indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection database using citation analysis, document co-citation analysis, and social network analysis. These separate yet complementary analytical tools provide us with interesting insights into patterns of platform economy studies. Our analysis reveals four distinct research clusters that illustrate the intellectual structure of the platform economy field. We also examine and discuss in detail the integration of ethics into platform literature. Our research portrays and categorizes the key ethical issues associated with digital platforms into four ethical dimensions that demand urgent attention.

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解构平台经济：知识基础和新出现的伦理问题

平台型企业的崛起和主导地位促使学者们对这一数字经济的不同方面进行研究。然而，目前仍缺乏对平台经济相关文献的全面回顾。在本文中，我们进行了文献计量分析，以更好地了解平台经济研究的最新进展。我们利用引文分析、文献共引分析和社会网络分析，对科学网核心数据库中收录的 1775 篇文章和 71185 条相应的引用参考文献进行了研究。这些独立但互补的分析工具为我们提供了有关平台经济研究模式的有趣见解。我们的分析揭示了四个不同的研究集群，说明了平台经济领域的知识结构。我们还详细研究和讨论了将伦理学纳入平台文献的问题。我们的研究将与数字平台相关的关键伦理问题描绘并归类为四个亟需关注的伦理维度。

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Research in International Business and Finance BUSINESS, FINANCE-

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11.20

自引率

9.20%

发文量

240

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