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Two tales of platform regimes in China’s food-delivery platform economy [PDF]
The Journal of Chinese Sociology, 2022 This article brings the often-overlooked concept of the labor regime back to the study of China’s food-delivery platform workers. Two tales of platform regimes emerge: individualized platform despotism and bureaucratized platform despotism, which apply ...
Haitao Wei +3 more
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Dependence and precarity in the platform economy. [PDF]
Theory Soc, 2020 The rapid growth of Uber and analogous platform companies has led to considerable scholarly interest in the phenomenon of platform labor. Scholars have taken two main approaches to explaining outcomes for platform work-precarity, which focuses on employment classification and insecure labor, and technological control via algorithms.
Schor JB +4 more
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The gender of the platform economy
Internet Policy Review, 2022 The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the expansion of the platform economy (PE), which promotes working from distributed places mediated by digital platforms, and is disrupting work and life organisation. To date, PE effects on gender equality are largely
Mayo Fuster Morell
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Older People in the Platform Economy. [PDF]
Front Sociol, 2019 Since the platform economies have emerged, there are many new ways how people can perform earning activities. These new opportunities concern older people too. However, some authors write that the actors of the platform economy are mainly younger people and it is not typical that older people work through platforms. We cite the opposite case of Oszkar (
Berde E.
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Data, 2021 In recent years, the platform economy has been recognised by researchers and governments around the world for its potential to contribute to the sustainable development of society.
Mayo Fuster Morell +2 more
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, Algorithmic Management in the Platform Economy [PDF]
Journal of Economic Sociology, 2021 The platform model is the distinguishing organizational form of the early decades of the twenty-first century. Whereas actors in markets contract, hierarchies command, and networks collaborate, platforms co-opt assets, resources, and activities that are not part of the firm.
Pais, Ivana, Stark, David
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Synthetic Control of Metabolic States in Pseudomonas putida by Tuning Polyhydroxyalkanoate Cycle
mBio, 2022 Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are polyesters produced by numerous microorganisms for energy and carbon storage. Simultaneous synthesis and degradation of PHA drives a dynamic cycle linked to the central carbon metabolism, which modulates numerous and ...
Maria-Tsampika Manoli +2 more
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From Residues to Added-Value Bacterial Biopolymers as Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications
Nanomaterials, 2021 Bacterial biopolymers are naturally occurring materials comprising a wide range of molecules with diverse chemical structures that can be produced from renewable sources following the principles of the circular economy.
Francisco G. Blanco +7 more
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Estimating Destination of Bus Trips Considering Trip Type Characteristics
Applied Sciences, 2021 Recently, local governments have been using transportation card data to monitor the use of public transport and improve the service. However, local governments that are applying a single-fare scheme are experiencing difficulties in using data for ...
Soongbong Lee +4 more
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Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2021 Background Rhodospirillum rubrum is a purple non-sulphur bacterium that produces H2 by photofermentation of several organic compounds or by water gas-shift reaction during CO fermentation.
Alberto Rodríguez +3 more
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