The rapid growth of the sharing economy has attracted a recent surge of academic interest. However, few studies to date address performance variation among sharing platforms. Building on the notion of business model design and applying a configurational approach, we develop a conceptual model that investigates what combinations of design elements can enhance the performance of sharing platforms. Data from 189 platforms and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) reveal six business model designs, each with its own performance implications. Of these, four configurations lead to high performance and two lead to low performance. Our study advances current understanding of the sharing economy and sheds important light on business model research.

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共享经济和商业模式设计：一种配置方法

共享经济的快速增长引起了最近的学术兴趣。然而，迄今为止，很少有研究解决共享平台之间的性能差异。基于业务模型设计的概念并应用配置方法，我们开发了一个概念模型，用于调查设计元素的哪些组合可以提高共享平台的性能。来自 189 个平台的数据和模糊集定性比较分析 (fsQCA) 揭示了六种商业模式设计，每种设计都有自己的性能影响。其中，四种配置导致高性能，两种导致性能低下。我们的研究推进了当前对共享经济的理解，并为商业模式研究提供了重要线索。