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Showing 1 to 20 of 104 for “"Uber"”.
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Innovative transportation solutions : Uber for Freight
… stagnant incumbents. In the trucking industry, Uber for Freight (UFF) is one of these innovative business models. Loosely defined as platforms which seek to more efficiently match shippers' loads with truck drivers, these companies are seeking to 'uberize' freight transport through …
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In vitro propagation of Betula uber (Ashe) Fernald
… and actively growing shoot tip explants of B. uber were cultured on Murashige & Skoog (MS) and modified woody plant (WPM) basal salts supplemented with organic nutrients and benzylaminopurine (BAP). Shoot tip explants were morphogenically more responsive than dormant bud explants. The modified …
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Making a digital working class : Uber drivers in Boston, 2016-2017
… brought into work consequent to the smartphone: Uber drivers. The author conducted ethnographic fieldwork over one year in Boston, Massachusetts, and the surrounding area using ride-along sampling, participant observation, lengthy interviewing, and systematic coding in order to better understand …
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Wheelchair Accessibility in Transportation Service Hailed Through the Uber and Lyft Apps
Transportation-network companies such as Uber and Lyft have permeated cities around the world. While they have been lauded for introducing a new mobility option, questions of equity have been raised, including in relation to people with disabilities. Numerous lawsuits have been filed against Uber …
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Evaluación técnico-económica para la electrificación de la flota de vehículos en Uber
… práctica de uso en una aplicación de transporte (Uber). Esta memoria tiene como objetivo principal el obtener datos prácticos, que actualmente no existen en el país, sobre el uso de un vehículo eléctrico en ese mercado. Como consecuencia de lo anterior, se pretende realizar una evaluación técnico …
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A comparison of Goethe�s Go?tz von Berlichingen und Schiller�s Die Ra?uber
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Germanic Languages, 1917. ; Includes bibliographical references.
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Frauen schreiben uber Frauen : eine vergleichende Studie postfeministischer, weiblicher Selbstdarstellung in ausgewahlten deutschen und afrikaansen literarischen Texten
Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-114).
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Towards the creation a fair ride-hailing industry: Should South African labour law regulate the Uber relationship?
… various internet-based platforms. Recently the ‘Uber work on demand’ application was introduced into the South African market. With any new invention, there comes with it many advantages as well as disadvantages. The introduction of the gig economy in South Africa has resulted in a great deal of …
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Perspectives on the Ridesourcing Revolution : surveying individual attitudes toward Uber and Lyft to inform urban transportation policymaking
Media coverage of ridesourcing services such as Uber and Lyft has described a rivalry between new technology and the established taxi industry. Individual users and non-users of ridesourcing, however, may have more nuanced perspectives, but policymakers have little guidance on how to best represent …
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Management and governance of external developer platforms - at the example of Akamai, Inc. and Uber Technologies, Inc.
… of two technology firms, Akamai, Inc. and Uber Technologies, Inc. is presented. Internal organizational structures and processes are evaluated in combination with external governance mechanism to develop and manage third party partner relations. The case studies test existing IT governance …
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The impact of peer-to-peer ridesharing on travel mode: Empirical study of Uber effects on travel mode in Seattle
… driving and promoting public transit ridership. Uber, as one of the leader transport network company, launched in San Francisco in 2010 and expanded around the world. This new travel mode could affect transportation situation, however, its impact is still not clear. The results from this study …
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The Implications of The Sharing Economy for Public Relations Theory and Practice: A Thematic Analysis of Airbnb, Uber and TaskRabbit
… prominent sharing economy companies, Airbnb, Uber and TaskRabbit, communicate to form a relationship with key stakeholders, including customers and service providers. Employing a qualitative, thematic analysis, this study analyzed each company's website communication and found the relationship …
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Labour regulation in the on-demand economy: an ‘uberfication’ of the status quo?
Uber has reached rock-star status in the world of 'gigs’, 'rabbits’ and 'rides’ known as the 'on-demand economy’. Uber is but one in a sea of online platforms that seek to link clients with workers offering traditional services like transport, cleaning, repairs or running errands. These platforms …
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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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A Machine Learning Based Visible Light Communication Model Leveraging Complementary Color Channel
… with over-the-shelf smart devices. Specifically, Uber-in-light proves to be an successful model encoding data into the color intensity changes that only requires over-the-shelf devices. However, Uber-in-light only exploit Multi Frequency Shift Keying (MFSK), which limits the overall throughput of …
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