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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Platform Economy"”.
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The platform economy in China: algorithm, labor, and digital capitalism
… the development of one of the most valuable platforms in China, Didi Chuxing. Characterized by a spectacular growth of the market scale, Didi is the most prominent, illustrative, and yet under-researched example of the thriving platform economy. It reveals how Didi’s pursuit of corporate …
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Taxi Industry in Korea: Understanding the Shifts and Working Environment in Platform Economy
… it mean to own the means of production in the platform economy? How are self-employed drivers adjusting to the shift in the industry after taxi-hailing platforms became an integral part of their livelihood? This dissertation discusses taxi drivers’ work experiences and work environment in …
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Informational Analysis on US & China Platform Strategy: A Comparative Analysis
… nominal GDP at $20T, China at $14T. Meanwhile, platform technology continues to dominate the world’s largest companies, with four of the top five market cap companies in the world being platform technology companies. Beyond the business, platform economy also comes from living and understanding …
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WE-MOVEO Audience Innovation and the Democratization of Data
… independent filmmaking within the contemporary platform economy. While commercial streaming platforms generate extensive behavioural analytics to optimise engagement and retention, independent filmmakers remain largely excluded from meaningful access to audience evidence that can inform creative …
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At the intersection of automation, unemployment and inequality in South Africa
The emergence of the digital economy in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis and its intersection with the mainstream economy has led to significant labour market instability and social uncertainty. Heralding an ontological shift in the global economy, these changes coincided with the …
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The Rise of Platform Game Work in China
… organization, and social implications of platform-based video game work in China. Platform game work examined here goes far beyond the paid work of game developers and the unpaid labor of gamers, encapsulating a burgeoning intermediate space where workers earn a living through gameplay and …
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The Impact of the Gig Economy on the Well-being of Independent Contractors. A Case Study of Uber, Bolt and Gokada
The gig economy is a rising global phenomenon in which gig workers provide “alternative work arrangements” for short-term contracts; also known as gigs, primarily agreed upon via digital platforms for various services such as food delivery or transportation. Work in the gig economy is typically …
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Milieus in the Gig Economy
… relations in the context of the so-called gig economy (also known as the sharing, collaborative, platform, and on-demand economy). Against the background of recent concerns over automation replacing work at a large scale, the project argues instead that the displacement of work warrants more …
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Devising a refined framework for distinguishing between ‘workers’ and ‘self-employed persons-undertakings’ in the EU labour and competition law fields: Lessons from the EU agency acquis
… work, interim management, portfolio, crowd, and platform work. These new forms of employment have blurred the lines between dependent and independent work, leaving many individuals standing uncomfortably in the grey area between ‘employment’ and ‘self-employment’. On the one hand, these new …