Women’s Tailored Food Delivery Platform: The Case of a Small Company in Italy

Luisa De Vita ()
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Luisa De Vita: Department of Social Sciences and Economics, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-14

Abstract: This paper focuses on the study of “Takeve”, an Italian food delivery platform that employs only women. The research conducted by interviewing both the workers and the founders of this small platform provides an opportunity to re-discuss the business models of food delivery platforms. The aim is to understand how and in what ways it is possible to initiate a participatory and multi-stakeholder model in which opportunities for fair and decent work, business-to-business cooperation, and even dialogue between companies and institutions are created. Although the case presented is circumscribed and very limited in size, it seems to be a good example to reflect on the possibility of rethinking the model of food delivery platforms in a gendered perspective.

Keywords: platform work; gender; sustainability; inequalities; women riders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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