Consolidated challenge to social demand for resilient platforms - Lessons from Uber's global expansion

Chihiro Watanabe, Kashif Naveed, Pekka Neittaanmäki and Brenda Fox

Technology in Society, 2017, vol. 48, issue C, 33-53

Abstract: Many in the industry see the ride-sharing company Uber as the significant advancement through information and communication technology (ICT) particularly of the digital service platform and sharing economy. Uber has been exploring the new frontier of the ICT-driven disruptive business model (IDBM) and succeeded in its global expansion to over 479 cities in more than 75 countries worldwide in June of 2016.

Keywords: Sharing economy; Digital service platform; Uber's global expansion; Legal battles; ICT-driven disruptive business model; Co-evolutionary acclimatization; Consolidated challenge to social demand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2016.10.006

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