The Reflections of Sharing Economy in the Transportation Sector: Uber Sample

Year 2018, Volume: 5 Issue: 10, 57 - 68, 20.07.2018

Nermin Kişi

Abstract

The technological transformation process that
has been taking place all over the world has moved businesses away from
traditional business models, leading to innovative business models. One of
these business models that is becoming increasingly common today is the sharing
economy. The sharing economy is a shopping system based on the supply of a
product or service to another who needs it when it is not used by the owner. On
the one hand, this business model allows to save money on an individual basis,
on the other hand, earns the idle resources to economy. Especially, the number
of companies adopting the sharing economy business model in areas such as
accommodation, transportation, professional services, purchase and sale of
goods and renting is increasing day by day. In this study, primarily the
emergence of sharing economy, development and examples of main practice in the
business world were given. And then this innovative business model was
evaluated in the light of reactions and criticism with the Uber sample, which
has recently echoed the transport sector.

Keywords

Sharing Economy, Competition, Transportation Sector, Uber

Paylaşım Ekonomisinin Ulaşım Sektörüne Yansımaları: Uber Örneği

Abstract

Tüm dünyada
yaşanan teknolojik dönüşüm süreci, işletmeleri geleneksel iş modellerinden
uzaklaştırıp yenilikçi iş modellerine yöneltmiştir. Günümüzde gittikçe
yaygınlaşan bu iş modellerinden biri paylaşım ekonomisidir. Paylaşım ekonomisi,
bir ürün veya hizmetin sahibi tarafından kullanılmadığı zamanlarda, ihtiyacı
olan başka birine sunulması temelli bir alışveriş düzenidir. Bu iş modeli, bir
yandan atıl durumdaki kaynakları ekonomiye kazandırırken, diğer yandan bireysel
anlamda tasarruf yapmaya olanak sağlamaktadır. Özellikle konaklama, ulaşım,
profesyonel hizmetler, mal alımı-satımı ve kiralanması gibi alanlarda paylaşım
ekonomisi iş modelini benimseyen şirketlerin sayısı her geçen gün artmaktadır.
Bu çalışmada öncelikle paylaşım ekonomisinin ortaya çıkışı, gelişimi ve iş
dünyasından başlıca uygulama örneklerine yer verilmiştir. Ardından bu yenilikçi
iş modeli, son zamanlarda ulaşım sektöründe yankı uyandıran Uber örneğiyle
tepkiler ve eleştiriler ışığında değerlendirilmiştir.

Keywords

Paylaşım Ekonomisi, Rekabet, Ulaşım Sektörü, Uber

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