Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 181
Cover Image
Work in the platform economy: Deliveroo riders in Belgium and the SMart arrangement
Drahokoupil, Jan; Piasna, Agnieszka - 2019
This paper presents a case study of the food delivery platform, Deliveroo, in Belgium in 2016-2018. The case offers insights on the nature of platform work, the workers who perform it, the preferences of workers, the strategy of the platforms, and the role of local regulations. Interestingly,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565854
Cover Image
Building and Blocking: The Two Faces of Technology Acquisition
Grimpe, Christoph; Hussinger, Katrin - 2008
acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand …-based view of the firm, we analyze the importance of these two faces of technology acquisition for the valuation of a target firm …'s patents, especially if blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298053
Cover Image
Building and Blocking: The Two Faces of Technology Acquisition
Grimpe, Christoph; Hussinger, Katrin - 2009
acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand …-based view of the firm, we analyze the importance of these two faces of technology acquisition for the valuation of a target firm … blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results have implications for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298687
Cover Image
Mental health and working conditions in European countries
Cottini, Elena; Lucifora, Claudio - 2010
Increased pressure for labour market flexibility and increasing demand over workers' performance have fostered the idea that working conditions, in most European countries, have progressively deteriorated with adverse effects on psychological well being and mental health. This paper investigates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269484
Cover Image
Regulating the working conditions of platform work: What can we learn from EU member states?
Guinea, Oscar; Sisto, Elena; du Roy, Oscar - 2024
in four European countries. The comparative analysis draws upon research conducted by the OECD and the World Economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014560206
Cover Image
The platform economy and social law: Key issues in comparative perspective
Daugareilh, Isabelle (contributor);  … - 2019
This Working Paper brings together two parallel but complementary approaches to the impact of the platform economy on working conditions and social law. The first part of the study shows that the business models of some platforms is a combination of technological disruption and social evasion....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565844
Cover Image
Creative labour in the era of Covid‑19: The case of freelancers
Pulignano, Valeria; Domecka, Markieta; Muszyński, Karol; … - 2021
This working paper identifies some key areas of policy intervention for advancing socially sustainable and fair solutions for freelancers working in the creative industries, who are among those have suffered the most from the economic fallout of the Covid‑19 pandemic. In particular, we focus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565888
Cover Image
Économie de plateforme et droit social : enjeux prospectifs et approche juridique comparative
Daugareilh, Isabelle (contributor);  … - 2019
This Working Paper brings together two parallel but complementary approaches to the impact of the platform economy on working conditions and social law. The first part of the study shows that the business models of some platforms is a combination of technological disruption and social evasion....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565920
Cover Image
Using GDPR to improve legal clarity and working conditions on digital labour platforms: Can a code of conduct as provided for by Article 40 of the General Data Protection Regulatio...
Silberman, Michael; Johnston, Hannah - 2020
This paper examines how the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can be used to address procedural problems faced by platform workers, including opaque rating systems, arbitrary account suspension and nonpayment, and uncommunicative clients and platform operators. GDPR provides workers with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565930
Cover Image
Heatwaves as an occupational hazard: The impact of heat and heatwaves on workers' health, safety and wellbeing and on social inequalities
Narocki, Claudia - 2021
Weather-related heat exposure has become a sanitary concern given the wide repercussions it has for health. Both physiological and epidemiological research show that the impact of heat on human health goes far beyond acute heat conditions such as potentially fatal heat strokes. Heat exacerbates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565951