Uber Case Study

Uber Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2009 by Travis Kalanik and Garrett Camp as a way to solve their own transportation problems in the traffic congested city of San Francisco where it is still based and headquartered. Uber Technologies offers an on demand car service application for smartphone users that links drivers with people needing a ride. According to Jim Makos of Pestle Analysis “It brilliantly connects the transportation industry with technology via its ride-sharing app.” With the click of a button on the application you can summons a vehicle of your choice see your rate, pay

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.

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

Victim stated he was working as an Uber driver on 05/20/16 working in the downtown area. At approximately 0130 hrs, he picked a fare who wanted to go to Hollywood. The victim stated two males jumped in the back seat and a female (Suspect) sat in the front with him.

Uber has widely known for its lower transaction costs which is resulted from efficiency in operation cost, or in other word low labor cost. Uber drivers is not the company’s employees but independent contractor. Therefore, Uber has been criticized for their treatment to the individuals who provide the service under their smartphone applications and take benefits from them (Dyal-Chand, 2015). Average hourly wages for drivers is around USD8 – 10, exclude their car depreciation (Weber and Silverman, 2015). Therefore, Uber transfers part of operation cost such as vehicle depreciation cost and employee benefits to the drivers as its independent contractor. In her note, Posen comprehensively describes and analyzes the lawsuits from taxi industry and states where it operate. Unfortunately, she only provide a glimpse about the lawsuits from Uber’s drivers without any solution to be

Jacks current policy does not provide coverage if he were to use his personal vehicle for driving Uber customers (College for America, 2014). The exclusion section page 4, of the personal automobile insurance policy clearly explains that the policy will not cover the loss of any bodily injury, damages, or medical payment if the vehicle is operated in use as a public or livery conveyance. The policy clearly excludes coverage for any loss to your covered auto or any non-owned auto, which occurs while it is being used as public or livery conveyance (College for America, 2014). The benefits of the policy that is provided by Uber to its drivers are that the insurance for the automobile would start when the rider enters the vehicle and would stop

I've been using Uber since it's inception and have utilized the ride-hailing service in several major cities. Uber is celebrating its fifth anniversary and is valued around $50 billion by investors.

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Uber. To many, it is the preferred mode of transportation for a sporting event or concert when traffic is mayhem. To others, it’s a convenient and fast way to step up in da club and get your jiggy on. I have used Uber a couple of time in the states and for the most part, the rides were smooth, comfortable, and direct. As I was embarking on my study abroad journey in Puebla, Mexico, my group was advised to use Uber as it is securer than taxis in Mexico. The first week using Uber was lit. Short time waits and swift pick-ups, no confusion with locations, drivers with good music taste and complimentary water and candy. Drivers would even open the car doors for us, classy af [or you can put “such high class

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

The thesis of this article explains that despite surge pricing achieving the goal that it’s supposed to, (bring more drivers online and present available services to consumers who need them the most) most believe Uber is taking advantage of customers by using extreme multiplier prices. While the author states that this issue between price and product/service is giving Uber a relative degree of bad press, he also gives solutions as to how to fix this problem.

Since Uber burst on the scene in 2010, the ride-sharing service has quickly overpowered taxicab companies, attracting new workers and younger riders. The service, which allows ordinary people to use their personal cars to ferry paying passengers, is the subject of a potential class action lawsuit which may cost the start-up company millions.

In modern society’s day and age, we still have many types of transportations that helps us complete some of our daily needs. You can drive, grab a bus, take a train or even get a quick workout and walk. However, as society progressed and wages increased, people start spending money on other ways to get around instead of driving themselves such as Uber: an app that allows other people to drive you places for a small fee depending on its location. Uber may be cheaper than having your own car but it isn’t always very reliable or convenient. Having your own car provides a reliable source of transportation. Although insurance and maintenance can be pricey; Uber is a relatively cheap and easy system of transportation, although it can be unreliable.

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 widespread of mobile tablets and advanced payment ways motivate the advent of the technology-based sharing economy like Airbnb and Uber. The sharing economy nowadays is just a reengineered consumption model consists of old processes and digital technologies (Sundararajan, 2013). In other words, digital technologies are the powerful enablers for the rising of sharing economy.