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This chapter reflects on the challenges of defining the collaborative economy in a tourism context. We argue that an all-encompassing definition of the collaborative economy is problematic and that efforts might be better spent in understanding the social, cultural and economic pluralism of the collaborative economy rather than locking up its conceptualization in universal assumptions and producing knowledge that is highly contextual to that definition. In an effort to address growing concerns about the hidden values and self-interest underpinning collaborative economy research, this paper sets out a framework that helps researchers articulate their research choices.
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Dredge, D., Gyimóthy, S. (2017). New Frontiers in Collaborative Economy Research in Tourism. In: Dredge, D., Gyimóthy, S. (eds) Collaborative Economy and Tourism . Tourism on the Verge. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51799-5_18
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