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Disciplined autonomy: A failed platform-cooperativism initiative in Brazil
Platforms & SocietyThis study seeks to gain an understanding of the power relations in a failed platform-cooperativism initiative in Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil, in 2022. The project was started by a worker cooperative that acquired a Bibi Mob platform franchise and was supported by the city's solidarity-economy incubator.
Walmir Estima, André Lemos
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Platform cooperativism and freedom as non-domination in the gig economy
European Journal of Political TheoryWhile the challenges workers face in the gig economy are now well-known, reflections on emancipatory solutions in political philosophy are still underdeveloped. Some have pleaded for enhancing workers’ bargaining power through unionisation; others for enhancing exit options in the labour market.
Tim Christiaens
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How does collaborative economy contribute to common good?
Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, Volume 32, Issue S2, Page 68-83, September 2023., 2023 Abstract Collaborative economy emerged as a response to the need of people to exchange, produce and share in a more humane and cooperative manner. However, the growth of collaborative economy organizations and the terminological confusion have led to debates about their possible effects, both positive and negative.
Rosario Gomez‐Alvarez +1 more
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Emergent Transportation “Platforms” in Latin America: Online Communities and Their Governance Models
Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2021 New models of peer governance are emerging from online communities in the Global South. This is visible in an understudied case of ridesharing “platforms” created on social media communities and materializing in Latin American cities.
Luis H. Lozano-Paredes
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Whatever happened to municipal radicalism?
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 603-618, September 2023., 2023 Short Abstract What can the municipal state do to radically transform urban economies? Community wealth building, cooperative development and foundational economy approaches are fast gaining traction in municipalities across the UK, an entrepreneurial reinvention of 1980s municipal radicalism.
Matthew Thompson
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Birds and bats enhance cacao yield despite suppressing arthropod mesopredation
Ecological Applications, Volume 33, Issue 5, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Bird‐ and bat‐mediated biocontrol benefits the productivity of tropical commodity crops such as cacao, but the ecological interactions driving these ecosystem services remain poorly understood. Whereas birds and bats prey on herbivorous arthropods, they may also prey on arthropod mesopredators such as ants, with poorly understood consequences ...
Carolina Ocampo‐Ariza +9 more
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Augmented reality strategy as a didactic alternative in rural public schools in Colombia
Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 552-573, May 2023., 2023 Abstract There are access restrictions to the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for rural schools in Colombia. These schools, with few students and teachers geographically dispersed, do not benefit from the possibilities of these technologies in the classroom.
Jhon W. Sánchez‐Obando +1 more
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Social Co‐OS: Cyber‐human social Co‐operating system
IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory &Applications, Volume 8, Issue 1, Page 1-14, March 2023., 2023 We propose a novel concept of a Cyber‐Human Social System (CHSS) and a diverse and pluralistic “mixed‐life society,” in which cyber and human societies commit to each other. We illustrate how, as a form of architecture that embodies the CHSS concept, the Cyber‐Human Social Co‐Operating System (Social Co‐OS) combines cyber and human societies.
Takeshi Kato +7 more
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Building Platforms Differently
Journal of Political Sociology, 2023 How do alternative conceptions of exchange emerge and proliferate within platform capitalism? Drawing on research at the intersection of organizational theory and social movement studies and a data set of 18 interviews, this paper examines the ...
Jonas Pentzien
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Participating in the sharing economy: The role of individual characteristics
Managerial and Decision Economics, Volume 43, Issue 8, Page 3715-3735, December 2022., 2022 The sharing economy is attracting increasing research attention. However, scholarly knowledge lacks understanding about the individuals who are the key players in this emerging phenomenon. This study uses an explorative approach to investigate the individual‐level characteristics of sharing economy users and providers.
Anne Bäro +3 more
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