The Sharing Economy and the “Uberization” Phenomenon: What Impacts on the Economy in General and for the Delivery Operators in Particular?

Claire Borsenberger ()
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Claire Borsenberger: Institutional and European Affairs, Groupe La Poste

A chapter in The Changing Postal and Delivery Sector, 2017, pp 191-203 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The word “Uberization” comes from a service developed by the firm Uber, founded in San Francisco in 2009, active in 59 countries and more than 200 cities worldwide and valued at $62.5 billion at the end of 2015.

Keywords: Business Model; Delivery Sector; Traditional Provider; Gift Economy; Share Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46046-8_12

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