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Disruptive data: historicising the platformisation of Dublin’s taxi industry Cover

Disruptive data: historicising the platformisation of Dublin’s taxi industry

By: James White and  Stefan Larsson  
Open Access
|Oct 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.293 | Journal eISSN: 2632-6655
Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 1, 2023
Accepted on: Sep 15, 2023
Published on: Oct 9, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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