Taxi Drivers and Taxidars: A Case Study of Uber and Ola in Delhi

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rina Kashyap ◽  
Anjali Bhatia
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Ecological Sustainability ◽  
Indian Market ◽  
General Survey ◽  
Taxi Drivers ◽  
Police Official ◽  
Taxi Market

This article examines the role of the sharing economy in India’s development through the examples of aggregated taxis such as Uber and Ola in Delhi. 1 Based on a general survey of Uber and Ola drivers and users in Delhi, we argue that Uber and Ola do not measure up to their expected potential in the development of India’s economy on the parameters of ecological sustainability, employment through renting out assets and reduction in the need to own assets. Yet, Uber and Ola are notable for the creation of viable employment opportunities for drivers, and their many benefits for urban middle class users. Unique to the Uber and Ola phenomenon in India is the interception of driver opportunities by taxidars (taxi-owners). This tweaked Uber model for the Indian market allows the middle class individual—the police official, bureaucrat, property dealer, transporter or a professional—an entry into the aggregated taxi market.

scholarly journals The Role of the Sharing Economy for a Sustainable and Innovative Development of Rural Areas: A Case Study in Sardinia (Italy)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Battino ◽  
Salvatore Lampreu
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Innovative Development ◽  
The European Union

Depopulation is a problem felt in many regions of the European Union, mainly affecting inland and rural areas. In many cases, these areas are characterized by economic, social, and infrastructural marginalization. Their rehabilitation is desirable in view of a better balance of social and infrastructural management. This said, there are no proven solutions for depopulation that can be applied to all territories in the same way. On the contrary, if we examine progress in the fields of ITC and digitization, we can gather interesting suggestions on how to deal with this issue. This essay intends to analyze these aspects and to examine ways to strengthen, through programs and instruments of the sharing economy, the competitiveness and potential attraction of geographical areas considered marginal and that risk demographic collapse.

scholarly journals ICTs as the Bullring: A Case Study of the Rainbow Flag Incident in Cairo

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (Summer) ◽  
pp. 80-93
Author(s):  
Lara Mansour
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The State ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Upper Middle Class ◽  
The One

In this paper I am studying an incident that started with a concert in one of Cairo’s upper middle class districts, and ended up with a crackdown on the LGBTIQA++ Community in Egypt. In that incident Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) played a main role of contesting positions and representations of state and LGBTIQA++ persons in Egypt. Through the following lines, I am trying to unfold the intricacies of ICTs usage among both the state apparatuses and representatives of their discourse online on the one hand, and the LGBTIQA++ people and allies narratives. And how is it that this very same space acted as a presence- and forced absence- for both. My study is based on personal interviews with members who were directly involved in these events.

scholarly journals Folk Devils and the Hipster Figure: On Classification Struggles, Social Types and Figures in Moral Panic Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 27-45
Author(s):  
Elias le Grand
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Moral Panic ◽  
Class Politics ◽  
Social Type ◽  
Moral Meaning

This chapter draws on a case study of contested societal reactions to the middle-class hipster figure and gentrification in contemporary London. The analysis shows how public reactions involve forms of class politics and classificatory struggles over the moral meaning gentrification processes and the role of the hipster figure in the latter. Through this, the chapter discusses how the folk devil can be conceptualized as a social type by drawing on Bourdieu’s research on classification.

Sharing towards cohesive community: the role of social capital in sharing economy

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Ka Wai Lai ◽  
Amy Po Ying Ho
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Business To Consumer

Purpose Whilst the majority of academic studies have focused on the for-profit business-to-consumer type of sharing economy, the community-based peer-to-peer sharing economy is under-studied, particularly the role of social capital, which is essential to sharing behaviours. This paper aims to unravel the role of social capital in developing sharing communities, particularly as to how sharing can establish social capital and community building in community-based sharing economy projects. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopted a case study approach by selecting a local project in Hong Kong, which aims at achieving sharing community. A total of 10 in-depth interviews of major stakeholders were conducted, including founders, active and inactive members to explore how social capital is developed and its impacts on sharing community. Findings The research finding showed that social capital plays an important role in structural dimensions, on social ties building, cognitive and relational dimension facilitates and motivates sharing behaviour and trust, which are essential in building up a sharing community and in developing a sharing economy in Hong Kong. Originality/value This paper contributes to the current theoretical and empirical discussion that supplements the current study of the community-based sharing economy, from the perspective of social capital, in exploring how a sharing community can be developed.

Sharing Economy Startups: New Wave of Networked Business Models in the Changing World

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-19
Author(s):  
Tuija Toivola
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Collaborative Consumption ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Horizontal Networks

The relatively new phenomenon called sharing economy, or collaborative consumption, is best known by the companies like Airbnb and Uber. These companies use mobile applications and web platforms to match people willing to share a room or a car with others who need a ride or a place to stay. The peer-to-peer economy has disrupted traditional business models and upset the regulatory status quo (Shueh, 2014). Sharing economy has challenged mature industries, such as hotels, restaurants, cars, by providing consumers with convenient and effective access to resources without the financial, emotional or social burdens of ownership. In that sense, sharing economy is also an access economy (Eckhardt & Bardhi, 2015). There is a whole bunch of new startups springing up and joining the sharing economy movement. Companies are inventing new ways of integrating customers in their value creation processes in order to enhance the success of new service concepts. In this study, sharing economy is defined as a set of practices and business models based on horizontal networks and the participation of a community (Ouishare; Ismail, 2014). The aim of this study is to increase understanding of how the new networked startups operate and how they create value for their customers. We especially look at the role of platforms, the innovations in organizing the business and the role of the networks and communities. The data is collected from a Finnish sharing economy startup operating in the restaurant industry (lunch leftovers). The early stage startups’ business model is compared to the leading startups in the sharing economy. The data is collected by interviewing the entrepreneurs, drawing the customer journeys and visualizing the elements of their business models. A case study is used as a method because the study aims to explain what kind of business models sharing economy startups use and what is the role of the different elements in their success in partnerships, resources, customer relationships, and communities. A Case study is relevant when the study requires an extensive and in-depth description of the phenomenon (Yin, 2014). As a result, this study will provide insight into how the new sharing economy startups organize their businesses to create unique value for the customers. This article will contribute to the increasing interest of enhancing customer experience and raise some key elements for the success factors of the sharing economy. Also, the study will highlight the possibilities of digital platforms enhancing the growth and internationalization of startups.

scholarly journals Thai Electoral Campaigning: Vote-Canvassing Networks and Hybrid Voting

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 67-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anyarat Chattharakul
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Dyadic Relationships ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Electoral Studies ◽  
Political Factions

Based on evidence gathered through participant observation, this article illuminates the nature of vote-canvassing, previously a black box in Thai electoral studies. Offering a close-up study of the internal mechanisms of an individual Thai election campaign, this article reveals that vote-canvasser networks are underpinned by long-term dyadic relationships, both hierarchical and horizontal, between the candidate, vote-canvassers and voters. These networks continue to be the most important factor in winning elections. This article documents how candidates draw up an election campaign map and identify voters along residential lines to maximise their vote-canvassing strategy. The findings of this article challenge Anek's 1996 concept of “two democracies”, which argues that rural voters are influenced by money, local leaders, political factions and corrupt politicians while more well-educated, urban, middle-class voters are more oriented toward the alternative policies offered by competing parties. The case study of Kom's election campaign showed that the role of the much-vaunted middle-class voters is not decisive, even in suburban areas of Bangkok. While political marketing has grown in importance in Thai elections, it has not displaced traditional electoral practices. Thai society is, in fact, deeply fragmented and diverse – too complex to be divided in such a simplistic manner. This article suggests that rather than undergoing a linear transformation, political hybridisation is a key trend in Thai election campaigns.

scholarly journals Religious Tastes and Styles as Markers of Class Belonging: A Bourdieuian Perspective on Pentecostalism in South America

Sociology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1237-1253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Koehrsen
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
South America ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Emotional Expressiveness ◽  
Class Differences ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Life Improvement ◽  
The Relationship

Studies on the relationship between social class and religion tend to highlight the demographic dimension of class, but neglect its symbolic dimension. By addressing the symbolic dimensions through a Bourdieuian approach, this article contends that religious tastes and styles can be employed as class markers within the sphere of religion. A case study on Argentinean Pentecostalism and in-depth analysis of a lower and middle class church illustrate how symbolic class differences are cultivated in the form of distinctive religious styles. While the lower class church displays a style marked by emotional expressiveness and the search for life improvement through spiritual practices, the middle class church performs a sober and calm style of Pentecostalism. The study highlights the role of styles in the reproduction of class boundaries, while shedding a critical light on the importance of tastes.

Hyundai Motor Company in the Indian Market

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 29-57
Author(s):  
Young-Eun Park ◽  
Dong-Kee Rhee
Keyword(s):  
Automobile Industry ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Indian Market ◽  
Global Management ◽  
Domestic Markets ◽  
Global Corporations ◽  
Fierce Competition

This case study describes the strategies of Hyundai Motor Company for entering and working in India, as part of its global management strategies. With its huge potential in market development, India attracted worldwide attention and was a place of fierce competition among global corporations. In the automobile industry, Hyundai Motor India (HMI) went into the production of national vehicles for India's citizens through localization of products and marketing as well as standardization of manpower and organization. This study will examine the strategies and role of HMI as the future leader of domestic markets and outpost for global exportation.

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