Platform Competition in the Sharing Economy: Understanding How Ride-Hailing Services Influence New Car Purchases

Drivers of Supplier Participation in Ride-Hailing Platforms

“…Part of the management and information systems (IS) literature considers ride-hailing as a sub-sector of the sharing economy, broadly defined as peer-to-peer online marketplaces in which individuals obtain, give, or share access to goods and services [41,48,69,78]. Typically, third-party exchange platforms enable trade of goods and services and charge a commission to suppliers, consumers, or both.…”

“…Using statistical data and observations from a small number of questionnaires, Burtch et al [22] examined how the entry of Uber X into local areas affected local entrepreneurial activity. Guo et al [47,48] studied the effects of Didi Chuxing and Uber on new car purchases. Studies by Hall et al [51] and Babar and Burtch [6] found considerable heterogeneity in the relationship between Uber and public transit, which were complements in some circumstances and substitutes in others.…”

“…Recently, some researchers have reassessed how work and labor market conditions affect willingness to work, including the trade-off between flexibility and security [30,48]. There is evidence that in some circumstances, increasing both flexibility and security can increase firm and labor market performance [21,68,85].…”

Analysis of the influencing factors of the unsafe driving behaviors of online car-hailing drivers in china

“…Online car-hailing refers to the business activities of building a service platform based on Internet technology and providing non-cruise-booking taxi services, which brings many benefits, such as reducing the use of private cars [1,2], easing traffic congestion, improving the environment [3,4]. As a new business model, online car-hailing first emerged in Europe and America, and has been increasing in popularity since entering China in 2012 [5].…”

Research directions for sharing economy issues

“…Shaheen et al (2018) reviewed the North and South American transport-sharing markets and provided numerous insightful descriptive statistics on the number of operators, their fleet sizes, vehicle and member growth to gauge how many customers are served per car available, the countries where they penetrated, and the substantial dominance of for-profit business models. Guo et al (2018bGuo et al ( , 2019 examined the case of Didi Chuxing and Uber's impacts on the new car market in 51 Chinese cities from 2013 to 2015. They found that crossplatform competition led to a modest initial growth in new car sales, but was non-sustainable in the longer-term.…”