Integrated Capstone Project on Uber and its Competition

This integrated capstone project discusses the competition faced by Uber in the ride-sharing market and its impact on the mobility landscape. It also covers the safety concerns and legal issues faced by the company.

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First progress report
In the last few years, Uber has raised a lot of money from the cab services provided by it.
In many countries Uber came up with idea of launching taxi and taxicabs for large number of
people. Much of the debate is given on the fact that Uber and other kinds of apps who are
generally in same kinds of business for running. Uber is known to be a useful stuff which is used
for providing various kinds of services. Uber is known to be a useful thing which is needed for
providing services in various kinds of domains and it considered to be ride sharing app which is
used for connecting various drivers with consumers. The organization claims to provide sharing
of ride with professional driver with a kind of license and commercial insurances.
Another issues which is being encountered is the fear of safety of various kinds of
drivers. Black cab drivers have been considered to be untrustworthiness for various kinds of
drivers. Another kind of issue which is being encountered is that any kind of made transaction in
sharing of economy results in stripping or removing of barrier between provider and customers.
Uber is considered to be a well-known example of disruptive kind of startup. By hiring of cars it
provides a platform which can be easily used for dealing with large number of customers. In the
beginning days Uber was fined around sixty-seven thousand dollars as it began to provide
services in Portland without any kind of approval. Traditional yellow taxi of New York is not
considered to be fan of Uber. Agents of Netherland transport claim a raid of Uber European
headquarters for analyzing whether the organization is running any kind of illegal taxi services.
The Chinese department of transport has addressed some new kind of guidelines which can be
used for reducing fees, numbers of cars and creation of platform which can be used for operation
by various kinds of local authorities.

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Second progress report
Uber addresses a lot of issues in terms of direct, indirect and emerging competition. At
present the organization addresses Uber enjoys ride sharing market. It is very less likely that
Uber focuses on mobility landscape which is continuously evolving. Uber followed a large
number of technology organization which are there in various kinds of expandable markets. Key
factors which are used for determining the various kinds of factors like quality of network and
density related to it. It needs technology for matching supply and demand which consist of price
for drivers and passengers. At present Uber holds a strong position in the market and any kind of
adjustment may lead to losing of market share. Uber addresses a lot of competition from various
kinds of organization and industries. The organization are inclusive of local cab organization,
ride sharing organization, sharing of players which has a direct focus on transportation, large
kind of technology issues and lastly various kinds of car manufacturers.

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