Analysing uber in social media - Disruptive technology or institutional disruption?

Christofer Laurell; Christian Sandström

Analysing uber in social media - Disruptive technology or institutional disruption?
Kapitel i bok, 2021

Extant literature suggests that market disruptions take place because of two main reasons: technological disruption or institutional change. In view of these two alternative explanations, this paper aims to explore how the recent rise of the collaborative consumption platform Uber is perceived by consumers and whether this platform is primarily regarded as a technological innovation or as an insti-tutional disruption. Drawing from a dataset of more than 6500 user-generated contents in social media, our findings suggest that Uber is not primarily per¬ceived as a technological innovation, but rather as an institutional disruption.

Performance measures

Technological disruption

Institutional transformation

Social media analytics

Institutional disruption

Social media

Entrants

Customer preferences

Uber

Collaborative consumption platforms

Författare

Christofer Laurell

Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Christian Sandström

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Science, Technology and Society

Forskning Andra publikationer

Digital Disruptive Innovation

517-539
9781786347602 (ISBN)

Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2011)

Medievetenskap

Mänsklig interaktion med IKT

Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning

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Senast uppdaterat

2026-09-22

Analysing uber in social media - Disruptive technology or institutional disruption? Kapitel i bok, 2021