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Having a whale of a time: Linking self-determination theory (SDT), job characteristics model (JCM) and motivation to the joy of gig work

open access: yesCogent Business & Management, 2020
The increasing uberization of work has emerged as an intrinsic part of our digitalized society, allowing opportunities for unbridled success for global firms using gig work.
Umer Zaman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contextualizing Platform Labor

open access: yesRevista Contracampo, 2020
Digital labor studies emerge in communication research in the early 2010s. Since then, the exponential increase in work and consumption on transportation and delivery platforms has led academics, activists and civil society to discuss phenomena called ...
Rafael Grohmann, Jack Qiu
doaj   +1 more source

Uber for tractors? Opportunities and challenges of digital tools for tractor hire in India and Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Agricultural mechanization can contribute to agricultural transformation. However, there is a need to find institutional solutions allowing smallholder farmers, who play a key role in agricultural development, to access tractors even though they cannot ...
Anidi, Oluwakayode   +5 more
core   +1 more source

An alternative organizational model for a more democratic and equitable digital economy: A systematic literature review on platform cooperativism through the lens of stakeholder theory. Competitive advantages and challenges

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Volume 95, Issue 4, Page 1197-1221, December 2024.
Abstract Platform cooperatives, namely, businesses that sell goods or services primarily through a website, mobile app, or protocol and commit to the principles of democratic governance and shared ownership, have lately been proposed as a more sustainable, equitable and, under certain conditions, even efficient alternative to the organizational model ...
Pietro Ghirlanda, Vassil Kirov
wiley   +1 more source

Uberization of the City

open access: yesField Actions Science Reports, 2017
Mayors need to find strategies to manage the uberization of their cities.
Roland Ries, Nicolas Miailhe
doaj  

Territorialisation de la plateforme Airbnb

open access: yesNetcom
Over the past decade, digital platforms have had a significant impact on the way we perceive and practice cities. Airbnb is one such platform. In this article, we'll look at how the expansion of the Airbnb platform is impacting, from a socio-economic ...
Alexandre Grondeau, Gwenaëlle Dourthe
doaj   +1 more source

UBER IN EXURBIA: Peripheral Platformization, Post‐Suburbanization and the Public–Private Ridehail Partnership in the Toronto City Region

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 48, Issue 6, Page 1034-1054, November 2024.
Abstract After their widespread legalization, ridehailing companies Uber and Lyft soon embarked on a new stage of their respective business models: the initiation of a wave of strategic partnerships with local and regional transit agencies across the North American continent.
Fabian Namberger
wiley   +1 more source

Regional aspects of sectoral digitalization : problems and prospects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Purpose: At present, high and sometimes record indicators have been achieved for the individual branches of agricultural production. Further intensive development of agriculture is due to the search for new ways to increase labor productivity and lower ...
Afonasova, M. A.   +5 more
core  

Thematic evolution, emerging trends for sharing economy business model research, and future research directions in the post‐COVID‐19 era

open access: yesR&D Management, Volume 54, Issue 5, Page 1104-1130, November 2024.
This study explored the scientometrics and current dynamics of the area of sharing economy business models (SEBMs). Using bibliometric analysis, it examined a collection of 561 studies from the Web of Science and Scopus databases to detect the thematic evolution, strategy map, and emerging trends in SEBM literature as well as to forecast research ...
Carson Duan
wiley   +1 more source

An Alternative to State-Market Dualism: The Sharing Economy. Practical and Epistemological Questions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
International audienceThe Sharing Economy is much more than collaborative consumption (Botsman and Rogers, 2011) even if this appears as the most visible achievement of this sector. Production, consumption, finance, exchanges are disrupted by the sharing
Vallat, David
core   +2 more sources

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