Platform cooperatives: the case of Gebiedonline

Filipe Mello Rose

Chapter 17 in Handbook of Platform Urbanism, 2025, pp 226-240 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter explores the spatial configurations of platform cooperatives as an alternative to the dominant transnational platform corporations (TPCs) in the context of platform capitalism. TPCs, despite their central role in urban life, have been associated with various socio-economic problems. In response, platform cooperatives, grounded in cooperative principles, aim to offer democratic alternatives. However, existing research lacks a comprehensive understanding of to what extent and how platform cooperatives have alternative spatial configurations that can mitigate the aforementioned problems. This study addresses this gap by examining the case of Gebiedonline, a Dutch platform cooperative. The analysis reveals significant differences in how platform cooperatives and TPCs are embedded in different spaces. While TPCs engage in disembedded centralised technology dissemination with extensive data extraction, platform cooperatives like Gebiedonline are embedded in collaborative networks where locally embedded organisations collectively decide on technological developments. This allows platform cooperatives to mitigate risks associated with TPCs’ disembeddedness.

Keywords: Platform cooperatives; Local embeddedness; Gebiedonline cooperative; Network embeddedness; Democratic platform governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035313754
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