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Gig Economy and Freelancing: Challenges and Opportunities in Pakistan, a Qualitative Study

Journal of Social Sciences and Economics
The study aims to highlight the challenges and opportunities for the gig economy in Pakistan. The study used a qualitative research design and thematic analysis. Qualitative data was collected using semi-structured interviews with gig workers nationwide.
Khuram Shahzad, Jameel Ahmed, Furqan ul Haq Siddique   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do digital platforms create entrepreneurial opportunities? Evidence from marginal areas

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This article enters the debate on the effects of digital platforms on entrepreneurial opportunities by estimating whether the entry of a home‐sharing platform shapes entrepreneurial decisions in marginal areas. We add a novel perspective to the literature, as we contend that when economic conditions are unfavorable, digital ...
Francesco Luigi Milone, Emilio Paolucci, Elisabetta Raguseo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local labor market frictions and platform‐based entrepreneurship

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Building on prior research about the heterogeneous impact of labor shocks on individuals' propensity to start businesses, we explore how local labor market frictions affect individuals' selection into platform‐based entrepreneurship.
Ruiqing Cao, Yifan Lyu
wiley   +1 more source

When stakeholders are imposed: Non‐chosen stakeholder orientation and venture performance

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Extending stakeholder theory into the entrepreneurship context, we examine the performance implications of externally imposed stakeholder orientation, which we conceptualize as non‐chosen stakeholder orientation. Given the resource constraints, short time horizons, and high levels of uncertainty that characterize ventures, we ...
Myeongho David Park, Per L. Bylund, Eunkwang Seo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gig Economy

Encyclopedia
This entry presents the history, geography, business, regulations, and the roles of gig workers, platform/algorithms, and employers, focusing primarily on the USA and the EU.
Răzvan Hoinaru
doaj   +1 more source

A Critical Review on Nitrogen Control in the Scrap‐Based Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking Route to Produce Low‐Nitrogen Steels

steel research international, EarlyView.
In primary electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking, carbon boiling removes nitrogen from liquid steel and sustains slag foaming. In 100% scrap‐ or hydrogen direct reduced iron (HDRI)‐based EAF steelmaking, carbon boiling is absent; therefore, carbonaceous material and oxygen injection into the slag is needed to maintain foaming and avoid nitrogen ...
Zushu Li, Lei Guo, Jintao Gao, Yuri Korobeinikov   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Game Design for a Fiverr: Precarity, Regionality, and Platform-Mediation in the Gig Economy

Media Industries
In this article, we investigate users who sell complete design services (i.e., ostensibly creating a full, original game for a client) on the gig economy platform Fiverr.
Michael Iantorno, Scott DeJong
doaj   +2 more sources

Gig economy and digital adoption: A bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences
This study aims to explore the intellectual structure, collaboration networks and emerging research trends of the gig economy and digital adoption using bibliometric analysis. The bibliographic data published from 2016 to 2025 were obtained from Lens.org
R Indumathy, T Satheesh Kumar
doaj   +1 more source

“Anytime, Anywhere”: Online Language Tutoring Platforms and the Rise of the (Im)Mobile Language Teacher

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how online tutoring platforms (OTPs) have facilitated new forms of (im)mobility—and discourses of (im)mobility—among online English tutors. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with online tutors, the article critically interrogates OTPs' primary selling point: that online tutors can work “anytime, anywhere.” While OTPs ...
Nate Ming Curran
wiley   +1 more source

“Why Can't They Just Stay?” A Critical Conversation and Membership Categorization Analysis of Racial Neoliberalism in English Language Education

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I analyze the co‐constitution of race and neoliberalism within the discourse of an English language classroom. Appealing to modernist/colonial histories of race and capital, I first examine how racial neoliberalism produces a normalized, unmarked subject‐position through the conflation of moral responsibility with human ...
Justin Lance Pannell
wiley   +1 more source