{"id":550,"date":"2019-11-30T18:03:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T15:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etimm.ase.ro\/?p=550"},"modified":"2021-10-26T18:04:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T15:04:00","slug":"romanian-consumers-perception-on-carpooling-phenomena-a-successful-example-of-collaborative-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etimm.ase.ro\/?p=550","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Consumers\u2019 Perception on Carpooling Phenomena \u2013 A Successful Example of Collaborative Consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>\n<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Title<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><meta name=\"citation_title\" content=\"Romanian Consumers\u2019 Perception on Carpooling Phenomena \u2013 A Successful Example of Collaborative Consumption\">Romanian Consumers\u2019 Perception on Carpooling Phenomena \u2013 A Successful Example of Collaborative Consumption<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>\n<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Author<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><meta name=\"citation_author\" content=\"Daniel Adrian G\u00e2rdan\">Daniel Adrian G\u00e2rdan, <meta name=\"citation_author\" content=\"Ionel Dumitru\">Ionel Dumitru, <meta name=\"citation_author\" content=\"Iuliana Petronela G\u00e2rdan\">Iuliana Petronela G\u00e2rdan, <meta name=\"citation_author\" content=\"Aurelian Bondrea\">Aurelian Bondrea<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><meta name=\"citation_publication_date\" content=\"2019\/11\/30\"><meta name=\"citation_journal_title\" content=\"Journal of Emerging Trends in Marketing and Management\"><meta name=\"citation_volume\" content=\"I\"><meta name=\"citation_issue\" content=\"1\"><meta name=\"citation_firstpage\" content=\"116\"><meta name=\"citation_lastpage\" content=\"125\"><meta name=\"citation_place_published\" content=\"Bucharest, Romania\"><meta name=\"citation_publisher\" content=\"The Bucharest University of Economic Studies Publishing House\"><meta name=\"citation_issn\" content=\"2537-5865\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>\n<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><strong>Classification JEL <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><meta name=\"citation_classification_jel\" content=\"D16, M31, R40.\">D16, M31, R40.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>\n<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><meta name=\"citation_abstract\" content=\"Sharing economy represent a complex concept that is intensively debated in the last decade. Proposes an economic model based on collaborative consumption and four different layers: circulation of goods, increased utilization of durable assets, exchange of services, and sharing of productive assets. The present article wants to investigate how Romanian consumers relate to a carpooling application - BlaBlaCar. Consumer perceptions are measured in a quantitative research as an online field survey addressed to users of the BlaBlaCar platform who have completed at least 3 trips in the past 2 months. The results of the research are discussed and analyzed not only from the point of view of factors that are determining the consumption decision for this kind of services but from the point of view of future implications regarding consumption social models and the development of sharing economy and collaborative consumption within the context of Romanian economy. The findings are showing that a large part of educated, young and middle age consumers from the urban area with medium to large incomes are embracing on a wide scale a new model of consumption, which is characterized by the sharing of resources, intense social engagement and a new type of free transactions.\">Sharing economy represent a complex concept that is intensively debated in the last decade. Proposes an economic model based on collaborative consumption and four different layers: circulation of goods, increased utilization of durable assets, exchange of services, and sharing of productive assets. The present article wants to investigate how Romanian consumers relate to a carpooling application &#8211; BlaBlaCar. Consumer perceptions are measured in a quantitative research as an online field survey addressed to users of the BlaBlaCar platform who have completed at least 3 trips in the past 2 months. The results of the research are discussed and analyzed not only from the point of view of factors that are determining the consumption decision for this kind of services but from the point of view of future implications regarding consumption social models and the development of sharing economy and collaborative consumption within the context of Romanian economy. The findings are showing that a large part of educated, young and middle age consumers from the urban area with medium to large incomes are embracing on a wide scale a new model of consumption, which is characterized by the sharing of resources, intense social engagement and a new type of free transactions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>\n<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><strong>Keywords<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><meta name=\"citation_Keywords\" content=\"collaborative consumption, carpooling, consumption behavior, sharing economy.\">collaborative consumption, carpooling, consumption behavior, sharing economy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>\n<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><strong>Full Text: <meta name=\"citation_pdf_url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.etimm.ase.ro\/RePEc\/aes\/jetimm\/2019\/ETIMM_V01_2019_66.pdf\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etimm.ase.ro\/RePEc\/aes\/jetimm\/2019\/ETIMM_V01_2019_66.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 205);\">download pdf<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><strong>Cite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etimm.ase.ro\/RePEc\/aes\/jetimm\/2019\/ETIMM_V01_2019_66.ris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">download citation<\/span><\/a> (for EndNote, Reference Manager, ProCite)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title Romanian Consumers\u2019 Perception on Carpooling Phenomena \u2013 A Successful Example of Collaborative Consumption Author Daniel Adrian G\u00e2rdan, Ionel Dumitru, Iuliana Petronela G\u00e2rdan, Aurelian Bondrea Classification JEL D16, M31, R40. 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