  What are the similarities and differences between crowdsourcing and sharing
economy? What factors influence their use in developing countries? In light of
recent developments in the use of IT-mediated technologies, such as
crowdsourcing and the sharing economy, this manuscript examines their
similarities and differences, and the challenges regarding their effective use
in developing countries. We first examine each individually and highlight
different forms of each IT-mediated technology. Given that crowdsourcing and
sharing economy share aspects such as the use of IT, a reliance on crowds,
monetary exchange, and the use of reputation systems, we systematically compare
the similarities and differences of different types of crowdsourcing with the
sharing economy, thus addressing a gap in the current literature. Using this
knowledge, we examine the different challenges faced by developing countries
when using crowdsourcing and the sharing economy, and highlight the differences
in the applicability of these IT-mediated technologies when faced with specific
development issues.
