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Fostering sustainability through technology-mediated interactions:Conviviality and reciprocity in the sharing economy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
PurposeThis article addresses the lack of scholarly attention paid to the sharing economy from a sociological perspective, with respect to the technology-mediated interactions between sharing economy users.
Carrigan, Marylyn   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

The Uber driver is not an entrepreneur / O motorista do Uber não é empreendedor

open access: yesRAM. Revista de Administração Mackenzie, 2021
Purpose: To analyze the conceptual relationship between entrepreneurship and the Uber driver since the company is the pinnacle of a new way of organizing work.
Lucas Casagrande   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Digitrab: Reflexões sobre o cenário do trabalho mediado por plataformas digitais no Brasil / Digiwork: Reflections on the scenario of work mediated by digital platforms in Brazil

open access: yesRAM. Revista de Administração Mackenzie, 2023
Objetivo: Este artigo analisa o cenário brasileiro do trabalho mediado por plataformas digitais (digitrab). Originalidade/valor: O digitrab representa o arranjo laboral alternativo ao modelo de emprego tradicional de longo termo que mais tem crescido ...
Laila L. Carneiro   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Uberization: from labour deregulation to deepening precariousness of app delivery drivers

open access: yesSER Social, 2023
O presente artigo analisa as condições precárias de trabalho que acomete os entregadores de aplicativos, a partir do contexto de contrarreformas e do crescimento das TICs no mundo do labor.
Ariadne Oliveira, N. Luna
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Improvement of the mechanism of collecting windfall taxes and fees in the era of international sanctions and the growth of public spending (2023–2024)

open access: yesФинансы: теория и практика, 2023
The subject of the study is modernization of budget relations based on horizontal decentralized connections. The relevance of the study is mitigation of the shortcomings and risks in 2023, especially the tax on excess profits of previous years.
T. N. Burdelova
doaj   +1 more source

Uberization of translation

open access: yesThe Journal of Internationalization and Localization, 2021
Digital labour platforms, encompassing on-demand translation work via apps and websites, have grown exponentially in recent years and have significant consequences for translation workers. This study explores the critical literature on digital labour
Gökhan Fırat
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Giving up control: Devaluation of railway work in Luxembourg's fare‐free public transportation system?

open access: yesAnthropology of Work Review, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 94-104, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Luxembourg's implementation of a nationwide fare‐free public transport (FFPT) policy in March 2020 transformed the everyday work and imaginaries of railway accompaniment personnel who had previously been responsible for fare control. It also sparked debate among both workers and the public about the value of their work.
Sonja Faaren Ruud
wiley   +1 more source

Politics of on‐demand food delivery: Policy design and the power of algorithms

open access: yesReview of Policy Research, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 646-664, September 2023., 2023
Abstract In this article, we examine the politics of on‐demand food delivery using insights from the theory of social construction and policy design. On‐demand food delivery is a service built on algorithm‐based technology known for its precarity and physical risks for couriers.
Meng‐Hsuan Chou, Catherine Gomes
wiley   +1 more source

Computational entrepreneurship: from economic complexities to interdisciplinary research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The development of technology is unbelievably rapid. From limited local networks to high speed Internet, from crude computing machines to powerful semi-conductors, the world had changed drastically compared to just a few decades ago.
Vuong, Quan-Hoang
core   +2 more sources

The politics of Uber: Infrastructural power in the United States and Europe

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 177-194, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Platform firms have been depicted as having structural and instrumental power and being able to prevail in regulatory battles. This article, in contrast, documents how they have often adapted to regulations and provide different services across locales. I show that platform firms have a specific type of power, infrastructural power, that stems
Jimena Valdez
wiley   +1 more source

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