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The Routledge Handbook of the Gig Economy
, 2023 digital labour; Globalisation; platform economy; platform ...
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Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2023 The actions of platforms and their all-inclusive impact on place development is coined platform-based place making in this article. We use the actor-network theory to analyse a typical e-commerce platform-based place making, namely the emergence ...
Hanyue Chu +3 more
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Putting Fairness into the Gig Economy: Delivery Cooperatives as Alternatives to Corporate Platforms
Societies, 2023 Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, platform capitalism has expanded greatly in the delivery sector. The consolidation of an oligopoly controlled by a few corporate platforms has led to precarious working conditions for “gig economy” workers.
Ernest Cañada +2 more
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Urban Science, 2020 The aim of this article is to shed light on how ongoing structural change towards the global digital economy condition urban economic development. Discussion starts with a brief reference to the growth machine thesis and its emphasis on the interests of ...
Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko +2 more
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What’s in a word? Platforms Supporting the Platform Economy
Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society, 2020 This paper aspires to develop a deeper understanding of the sharing/collaborative/platform economy, and in particular of the technical mechanisms upon which the digital platforms supporting it are built. In surveying the research literature, the paper identifies a gap between studies from economical, social or socio-technical angles, and presentations ...
Bødker, Susanne +2 more
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Externalization in the platform economy: Social platforms and institutions
Journal of International Business Studies, 2022 The growing platform economy has revived the debate on the applicability of internalization theory in contemporary contexts. In moving this debate forward, we draw on insights from hybrids research and property rights theory to complement the ...
Liang Chen +3 more
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The Gig is Up: Who does Gig Economy actually Benefit? [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, 2021 This article takes on the task of exploring gig economy in its various forms and definitions, starting from its economic origins as a way to reduce transaction costs and overheads in firms making use of modern technology, and working up to some of its ...
Luka Bulian
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Formation of platform co-ops in the European gig economy
, 2021 This database is compiled as part of my PhD project on the challenges that gig workers face when organising themselves in a worker-owned and worker-governed cooperative enterprise.
Damion Bunders (Rotterdam School of Management)
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Becoming a Platform in Europe [PDF]
, 2021 Emerging out of the collaborative work conducted within the Working Group “Mechanisms to activate and support the collaborative economy” of the COST Action “From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy”, the book
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La grande scommessa. Turismo e pandemia a Firenze.
Cambio, 2022 This paper is centred on the analysis of some recent developments of the touristic system in the italian city of Firenze. The COVID-19 pandemic hit hard the urban economic system of the city, which is increasingly dependent on tourism.
Alessio Di Marco +2 more
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