%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2020 %T More for Less? Sharing Economy as a Driver of Public Welfare Innovation %A Eva Pallesen %A Marie Aakjær %K innovation %K public sector %K sharing economy %K technology %K welfare state %X This article investigates sharing economy as a path to welfare innovation. It is based on a case where a digital platform is activated in order to support sharing among citizens with lung disease, and thereby increase health and well-being. The case exemplifies how sharing economy currently is taken up by public actors in the attempt to prolong the goals of the public sector beyond itself. This implies drawing everyday sharing practices into a new middle between formal organization and private relations. In a critical response to literature on sharing economy that tends to reduce "sharing" to "transaction", the article draws attention to how sharing entangles with hopes, fears, and affectual engagements of everyday life, and to how it interacts with technology in unforeseen ways and beyond anticipated outcomes. Based on the analysis, the article concludes that there may be good reasons for public welfare authorities to engage in facilitating sharing among citizens. This is not because it is likely to provide "more for less" in relation to predetermined goals, but rather because it can open up other kinds of welfare outcomes that cannot be produced by public organizations themselves. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 10 %P 19-27 %8 05/2020 %G eng %U timreview.ca/article/1353 %N 5 %1

University College Absalon Eva Pallesen is Docent (Senior Associate Professor), PhD in Center of Management and Experience Design at University College Absalon, Denmark. Her research focuses on welfare innovation, management and entrepreneurship in the public sector. She has published in international journals such as Organization Studiesand Methodological Innovations. Before entering academia, she worked as Head of Methodology Department in the Danish Evaluation Institute and as Head of Section in the Danish Ministry of Education.

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University College Absalon Marie Aakjær is Associate Professor, PhD in Center of Management and Experience Design at University College Absalon, Denmark. Marie has a background in design and her research areas cover social innovation, learning and co-creation with particular interest in the interaction among citizens, civil society and public sector organizations. She has published in international journals such as International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, and Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management.

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