A Report On A Private Transportation Company Named ' Uber '

“It’s a simple experience and a much more pleasant way to get a ride than stepping onto a busy street and waving at oncoming traffic” (Stone, 2014, p. 53). It is convenient for both the employee and customer to arrange a ride, which makes Uber preferable. Additionally, the employees of Uber are given more benefits than the employees of taxi companies. For example, Uber issues an iPhone with the Uber software, free gear to secure it to their windshield and an hour of orientation (Stone, 2014, p. 52). It is this simplicity that appeals to people seeking employment. They are also using a platform that is accessible to many of their customers, because, as of 2015, “64% of American adults now own a smartphone of some kind” (Smith, 2015). Since their focus is on luxury, innovation, and results, they have transformed the public transportation system in their favor.

Uber and Volkswagen are both very important and revolutionary companies that have shaped the world in their own individual ways. Although they are successful, they both have interesting start up stories and have run into the law on multiple occasions. Law has had a powerful impact on the how both companies have created their business model and made expansions to better each company. In the novels Wild Ride by Adam Lashinsky and Faster, Higher, Farther by Jack Ewing the authors go through the company’s stories and also the legal challenges that they had to face along the way and that they are still facing to this day. It is clear that the law gets in the way of these companies plans, and has gotten major employees of these companies in a lot of trouble for the illegalities that they committed. Many major companies get sued by employees and customers because they try to make money off of them. In many of the cases we can examine if it is worth it for the company to fight all of these cases individually or to group the similar ones together and make necessary changes to the company to satisfy the employees and customers. Even with some of these issues going on and many counter-arguments, both Uber and Volkswagen have handled their situations with the law very well to keep the companies moving forward.

Missouri's governor, Eric Greitens, signed a bill “paving a road” for new transportation companies to easily operate statewide and supersede local fees and regulations. This doctrine will result in more jobs and will benefit the economy. Specifically, numerous Missourians will have a steady and good job as a Uber or Lyft driver since this will become an official job. With more jobs, Missouri will overcome unemployment, job loss, and destitution. These positive effects on Missouri will make other states consider passing this law. Uber and Lyft will now setup a statewide regulatory standards for the companies and their part-time, independent-operator drivers. Andy Hung, Missouri's Uber manager, is now creating more app-based services due to their

I like the idea of using Uber as your example. I personally like using Uber than calling Cab just because it is more easy to have access to them. Using the Uber application, you can track down to see where my driver is at, and how long it takes for them to get to my location. However, for a Cab, you do not have that ability. In the health care profession, I believe there are clinics that allow you make your appointment online rather calling in and set up a date. Something when I call in to make my appointment, I have to wait for at least 5 or 10 mintues, but I saw there is a option at different clinic that made easy for patient to simply make appointment

Employment received a hard hit by the recession, but this “gig economy” has been able to provide job openings that are in need. According to a recent study, jobs in the gig economy has grown from 9 to 14% from 2002 to 2014, compared to overall employment which only grew around 7%. Moreover, the gig economy has also had an impact in the current economy, specifically coming from the famous startups such as Uber and Lyft. The Uber and

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John McDuling‘s article “Locals fight back against Uber in ridesharing battle” in the Australian Financial

Since operating 7 years ago, Uber has seen a great business as alternative for taxi. In 2016, Uber service is accessible in 66 countries and more than 507 cities internationally. The rise of Uber become people favorite choice especially the one living in the urban center. Besides, the low rate charge for Uber also become one of the main reasons why people prefer to use its service rather than the traditional taxis. In some cases, taxi charges are quite high even though the distance is short but due to traffic jam, the duration waiting in a taxi to arrive may feel longer. Even so, some taxi drivers also have the tendency forgotten to switch on the distance meter on their taxi thus charged the passenger for an unreasonable price. Moreover, it

The use of ride-sharing applications has become a popular choice to travel from one destination to another. In the past, cities were dominated by the use of taxis as a means of ride choice. As technology and society has evolved, ride-share applications such as Lyft have become a dominating choice for travel. After completing a PEST and SWOT analysis, Lyft can analyze how to proceed going forward to continue its growth and success.

If the demand from these customers’ change, then Uber will be forced to evolve to retain the customer segment, while adapting to the new segment. According to Anne Freier, in her article “Uber usage statistics and revenue” on Business of Apps, Uber currently offers their service to sixty countries, have eight million users, and give over one million rides daily.1 By offering more specialized rides Uber is trying to gain a larger market share and customize the experience to their customers. They are continuing to expand

Michael Porter classified market attractiveness by five forces: industry competitiveness, potential entrants, substitutes, buyers, and suppliers (Keller & Kotler, 2016). Long-term attractiveness depends on the five forces, and help determine the overall attractiveness of each market segment, and the needs of those within the segment. Market segment refers to a group of customers who have similar sets of needs and wants (Keller, Kotler, 2016). Geography, demographics, psychological and behavioral variables are used to decipher if the services Uber has to offer meet the wants and needs of its consumers. After identifying and grouping customers based on their similarities and differences, the overall attractiveness for each segment must be identified. The market segments must be identifiable, measurable, actionable and stable.

Uber is an innovative company that operates as a transportation company and a food delivery service around the globe. In addition, Uber is a company that was invented five years ago. Furthermore, during Uber’s early stages of development, the servicing company was referred to as “UberCAb”. Then an individual in San Francisco had decided to try out their service. From the individual’s first experience, the individual was very impressed. In addition, from that point, the company referred to as “UberCab” became commonly known as Uber. Also, Uber operates their service business in fifty eight different countries and have allocated over $60 billion in revenue. Uber faces many issues in their human resources operations implementation regarding drivers and internal employees.

In order to perform a STEEP analysis we first decided the industry which Uber was serving and according to us the industry is taxi service provider/ridesourcing platform. Following are the some of the key macro environmental factors which were identified for the above mentioned industry.

The dramatic development of the Internet is making our life to constantly change and improve. In the past two years, some cellphone application (app) were in the explosive growth, for example, Airbnb and Uber. All the great successes they have made based on a concept - the “sharing economy”. The logic of these software is similar: the hands of users will be idle vehicles or take out housing resources, Uber and Airbnb will release these resources, in the form of information to the mobile terminal software and provide services to customers at low prices (Cannon & Summers，2014; Matzler, Veider & Kathan, 2014). The new business model brings customers significances, nevertheless, the rationality of the "Sharing economy" mode still exist many disputes, such as its regulatory responsibilities causes safety concerns. This paper will discuss whether the “sharing economy” is consumer 's optimal economic interests by evaluating pro and cons respectively.

Uber was founded to fill a need to get people where they need to be, without using a traditional taxi service. “To passengers, Uber is essentially synonymous with taxis, and to drivers, it’s basically a referral service.” (Time, 2014) Uber is owned by Travis Kalanick, who co-founded the business in 2009 with Garrett Camp, originally known as Ubercab.) Anyone needing local transportation can request a ride through their application, available on iOS, Windows, and Android devices, which sends the request to all drivers in the area. An available driver claims the job, then use their personal vehicle to transport the customer. Upon completion, the driver and passenger complete a survey detailing the job. Currently, Uber operates in 58 countries, and 300 cities worldwide, almost guaranteeing that there is a driver available near you. At the end of 2014, Uber had over 160,000 drivers, acting as private contractors for the company. The company was designed to be, basically, a head for many contractors to operate under, taking a percentage of the money made by the contractors. However, this design was flawed from the beginning, because the service design failed to account for the greed of people. There is quite a difference between employees and contractors in regards to employment law. This includes benefits that a company must provide for employees, such as workmen’s compensation and FMLA that it is not required to provide for private contractors. In a landmark case in