week 9 [20-26.05.2019] Uberisation - chance for economic development or a trap of small entrepreneurs
Uberisation - chance for
economic development or a trap of small entrepreneurs
Over the last few years, a new
business model has been created. The name comes from the uber platform. The
main tool is a smartphone and a network. The model works on the basis of
digital mobile platforms, providing services and products. This model is characterized
by mobility, optionality and high usability.
It is mainly used in services that can be offered by people who have
experience with some skills or resources such as a car, leisure time or
gardening skills.
Uberisation is a strongly
developing trend. The advantages are certainly the development of
entrepreneurship and the availability of services. Economists predict the
continuation of the development of a business-type. They mention that with the
development it will cause positive and negative effects.
I briefly presented the term
uberisation. Now I would like to share my insights into this matter. Generally,
the idea is very good. Ease of reaching the customer is something wonderful.
However, in practice, the situation is not so good in my opinion. I have the
impression that people doing business with companies such as lime, uber eats or
bolts are quite heavily used. They offer their time and resources to these
companies. In practice, a person who wants to cooperate with, for example, lime
must start a business activity or cooperation with a partner. It generates
costs at the start which are quite high compared to earnings. Such work
involves charging electric scooters. This means that the company has powerful
savings resulting from the lack of infrastructure to load its scooters. The
problem is that a person willing to cooperate must sign a comprehensive
contract and take responsibility, in my opinion,
for not an adequate fee. That's why this solution seems to me perfect but only
from the company's point of view.
Questions:
1. Do you think that this type of
activity should be better regulated by the government?
2. Have you ever used this type of
application as a service provider, if yes share your experience?
3. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of uberisation in your opinion?
Sources: https://www.forbes.pl/gospodarka/czym-jest-i-dokad-prowadzi-uberyzacja/xmnr8b5
Comments
I haven't used this type of service provider.
The problem with uberisation is with organizing everything as it supposed to be. Again when we look into scooter lending company this idea is really great but they make city uglier just because they are laying everythere where you look.
I used this type of application only as a client, so I can't say too much about work as a service provider. Each person is different and is curious to talk with.
The advantages are lower costs and easy availability. Disadvantages are the lack of taxes.
yes, but regulate in a good way, but they want to ban because u need to thing to regulate and they like old stuff
2. Have you ever used this type of application as a service provider, if yes share your experience?
Yes, it’s very UX and i like how easy can be thing like this
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of uberisation in your opinion?
saving time it’s the biggest advantage, time is the most expensive resource in our life
source : "https://www.xiaomist.com/2019/02/the-government-wants-uber-to-pay-taxes.html"
funny moment that normal taxi company steal money from Poland more then uber
they just take a client steal 80 zl from him and officially write that cost was a 20 zl
2. No, I haven’t.
3. In my opinion there are no disadvantages. Such services are very convenient, and I don’t see any reason for not to use them. If other companies can’t withstand such competition, they should collapse. The only problem are all those regulations and taxes which make it harder to perform any type of activity. In a normal, capitalist, free market there wouldn’t be any of those discussions and artificial problems.
I’ve never used any service of that kind but I definitely have to try those electric scooters just to get to know how it is to drive one :-) However, I don’t like that these scooters are standing and laying everywhere now. They are littering the city a bit...
In my opinion on the one hand it gives our economy some freedom but on the other hand we have to be fair with others. There is some law and even if it’s not ideal we should obey it. But generally speaking that kind of services are truly beneficial for consumers as we can have everything at our fingertips.
Very often, due to commuting from home to the subway. Such an application makes life easier for people who often have difficult access to public transport. So instead of driving your own car around the city, I would like to invite uber.
I think that the advantage is the ease of getting a job often without excessive skills. Because of this everyone has access to easy work which favors real development. The downside of this can actually be the decline in the quality of services provided.
In my opinion, it is very effective, and the future of many service driven startups and application lies in this uberization. It has proven that the quality of service delivered do not depend on solid corporate structure, and many othet traits we are so familiar with when dealing with old fashion corporations.
Now we see Polish legislation trying to put Uber under their thumb and in my opinion it would be counter-beneficial to us, all users. We will come back to sneaky taxi drivers who will take you for a ride. Literally and metaphorically.
2. Have you ever used this type of application as a service provider, if yes share your experience?
It was always OK. I think it is fair-priced, it attracts a lot of customers, bot also drivers. So where's the problem?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of uberisation in your opinion?
Advantages - like I said, freedom of choice, lower prices for users, demonopolization of rotten taxi industry. Disadvantages - I guess only for taxi drivers.
No, I don’t think that regulations are a good solution. I mean.. it’s electric scooter industry, we don’t need government to write special laws especially for them.
2. Have you ever used this type of application as a service provider, if yes share your experience?
I have never used any of these apps as a service provider, many times as a customer, but never as a service provider.
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of uberisation in your opinion?
The lover cost and availability are the biggest advantages in my opinion. I don’t see any big disadvantages, there are a lot of marginal ones, but any really big.
The idea of Uber is to ensure that the client pays less and can get to the destination. If the drivers of Uber pay taxes, it will be unprofitable for them to carry customers. And it will be unprofitable for customers to use Uber.
2. Have you ever used this type of application as a service provider, if yes share your experience?
Yes, of course. Well, you enter the desired address and expect that the driver nearby will take the order. Sometimes surprised by the estimates of drivers. It would be nice to write the reason for the low score, and not just put 4 instead of 5.
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of uberisation in your opinion?
It is very convenient. First, you do not need to wait for the car for 20 minutes, as in a taxi. The app tracks cars nearby. Well, cheap prices, Uber costs me two times cheaper than a taxi.
Yes, I often use this type of service, as it is simple, fast and cheap. I order a taxi, food, and also rent scooters and cars.
As for me, a regular user, I see only advantages. That is why I prefer them, and not other companies.
2. I have used this type of application as a customer, not service provider. As a customer I think this is excellent and convenient option.
3. I think that is only one disadvantage - for taxi drivers. They are angry that customers "steal" services. But we have a lot of advantages of uberisation in my opinion - lower prices, application.
I use Uber on my daily basis. In comparison to the classic taxi it turns out to be more convenient and transparent. I know price and driver arrival time before ride. In the case of taxi until the end of taxi I’m praying for adequate bill.
The main advantage is the price and fact that those services are oriented towards client as it is supposed to be and it’s not in taxis, which are dominated by worker unions. On the other hand, they are a real threat for smaller businesses.
If you're talking about this service and final executor, I can agree with you. But no-one is pushing people to sign unfair contracts, they always have a choice. So for example if you think that lime is unfair, just don't sign contract. What is the problem? Someone who think that deal worth it will sign, or proposition will become better to satisfy executor.
2. Have you ever used this type of application as a service provider, if yes share your experience?
No I didn't. But I "know people that know people" who actually were working for both uber and bolt, and they earned enough and even more than other people with more complicated jobs that require qualification.
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of uberisation in your opinion?
I think that know inventions are hiding true costs of such services, but we just need give a little time for new industry to find right way to operate and become profitable.
No, the less goverment is involved the better
2. Have you ever used this type of application as a service provider, if yes share your experience?
No, however that sounds like a good tool for freelancers
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of uberisation in your opinion?
Fighting with monopoly, and cons - percent of gains goes to app provider