i-share – The Future of Work

In a changing world of work, freelancing has become increasingly attractive. While freelancing work can lead to greater job satisfaction and a better work-life balance, this form of work can also lead to social isolation of freelancers and make it considerably more difficult for them to build up and use a network.

• Institute for SME Research (ifm), University Mannheim
  
• Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
  
• Chair of ABWL, Public & Nonprofit Management, University Mannheim
  
• Chair of Information Systems and Management, University Augsburg

Exemplary publication from the research field:

• Weber, C.E.; Okraku, M.; Mair, J., Maurer, I. (2021). Steering the transition from informal to formal service provision: labor platforms in emerging-market countries. Socio-Economic Review 19(4): 1217–1243.
  
• i-share Report III: Effects of the Sharing Economy in Germany, available at https://www.i-share-economy.org/veroeffentlichungen/i-share-report-iii
  
• i-share Report II: Working in the Sharing Economy in Germany, available at https://www.i-share-economy.org/veroeffentlichungen/i-share-report-ii
  
• i-share Report I: Forms, Governance and Diffusion of the Sharing Economy in Germany, available at https://www.i-share-economy.org/veroeffentlichungen/i-share-report-i
  

Further information:.
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