Uber is eyeing a service to take children wherever their parents would otherwise have to drive them themselves. Some might see it as a lifesaver, but it’s problematic for many reasons.
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Public buses, subways and trains are relatively safe, fast and cheap. But competition from rideshares and concerns over COVID-19 will soon see some local agencies short of funds.
A third platform for ordering cannabis in Ontario provides little to no benefit to consumers or retailers.
Businesses can spend huge amounts of money to influence Congress. But sizable lobbyist and campaign donations also go to state campaigns and lawmakers to influence policymaking.
Lawmakers and courts in Ghana must strengthen protections for drivers of ride hailing companies
Questionable academic research has been used by Uber to argue against regulation.
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Innovation in the digital space is not necessarily working for people in the global south.
The Uber Files leak reveals that the company embarked on a deliberate public relations strategy that involved the media, public officials and academics.
Drivers claim that algorithms are skewed against them on ride-hailing platforms.
As Coles and Woolworth turn to UberEats and DoorDash for fast deliveries, supermarket workers feel ‘the gig economy is getting closer’.
Digital platform work is often seen to suit workers’ skills, interests and schedules. But it comes at a cost to their economic security and control over the work process.
Our five years of research reveals an industry facing push back from both workers and customers. Many workers we spoke with sought to leave the gig economy.
The company has managed to change some of its practices, but it is still butting heads with regulators and governments.
Rating services on ride and task apps disadvantage gig workers, whose future work assignments are affected by their ratings. Women workers are made vulnerable, and have to contend with harassment.
Uber Australia’s deal with the transport workers union signals the Albanese government won’t mess about with attempts to reclassify gig workers as employees.
Uber, the poster company of the gig economy, has agreed its Australian workers deserve more employee-like conditions. Why it has done this now isn’t too hard to work out.
When it comes to dealing with Uber’s difficult working conditions, Uber drivers are on their own.
The narrative of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is more aspiration than reality.
With customers and workers both being squeezed, what does the future look like?
A trial in France revealed how the platform’s algorithm established a subordination relationship between riders and the firm. Could we be witnessing the beginning of the end of “uberisation”?
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Professor of Practice, Associate Dean, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Affiliate Researcher, Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, Management and Organisations, UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia
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Professor. Durham University Business School, Durham University
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Senior lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, Management and Organisations, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society and The Polytechnic School; Co-Director Center for Smart Cities and Regions, Arizona State University
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Professor of Marketing, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra