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Institutional disruption and technology platforms: the Uber case

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  • Wilquer Silvano de Souza Ferreira
  • Gláucia Maria Vasconcellos Vale
  • Patrícia Bernardes

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Purpose - The aim of this article is to test the hypothesis that peer-to-peer technology platforms (Uber) are associated with disruption in the institutional environment, affecting beliefs, norms and users' ways of thinking and acting. Design/methodology/approach - Probability sample comprising 843 users (446 passengers; 397 drivers) in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, using a set of indicators was specifically designed for this study. Findings - Uber triggers significant changes in the systems of rewards and sanctions, in social preferences, and in entrepreneurial structure and governance, and promotes the coexistence of an institutional logic, hitherto dominant, with new believes, rules, norms and regulatory systems. Originality/value - This is a pioneer study that associates institutional approach's elements with technology platforms; the authors also elaborated and utilized an analysis model consisting of a set of completely original indicators capable of mapping and measuring different dimensions of the phenomenon under analysis.

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  • Wilquer Silvano de Souza Ferreira & Gláucia Maria Vasconcellos Vale & Patrícia Bernardes, 2021. "Institutional disruption and technology platforms: the Uber case," Revista de Gestão, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 30(2), pages 113-132, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:regepp:rege-12-2020-0127
    DOI: 10.1108/REGE-12-2020-0127
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