Introduction to the Minitrack on The Sharing Economy

The following paper describes the mini-track on the digital supply chain of the future. The mini-track addresses research questions concerning drivers and challenges of digital transformation, relevant basic technologies, applications and smart services, digital platforms, cultural and organizational change etc. After a short introduction the different contributions are described and integrated into an overall context. At the end of our paper we add some recommendations concerning future research on the digitalization of firms, business models and supply chains.