Hanna Leipämaa-Leskinen, Elina Närvänen and Hannu Makkonen have published a book chapter on REKO food rings in a recent compilation book ”Understanding Collaborative Consumption” by Edward Elgar Publishing. The book was edited by Pia Albinsson, Ysanthi Perera and Stephanie Lawson.
The chapter is titled “Self-regulating a collaborative engagement platform: case REKO”. It discusses the self-regulation of Finnish REKO food rings: how its members participate in regulating and organising the local food rings.
The study identifies five types of collaborative practices (facilitating, mutual learning, recruiting, bonding and socializing), which, on one hand, maintain or expand the rings’ activities and, on the other hand, focus on exchange or community.
The book chapter continues the work of an academic article published in the European Journal of Marketing. The research is originally a part of a project funded by the Foundation for Economic Education.
Link to the book chapter on the publisher’s page: Chapter 5: Self-regulating a collaborative engagement platform: case REKO in: Understanding Collaborative Consumption (elgaronline.com)