Essays on Transportation Network

Lyft’s Profile and Background

Lyft is an American online transportation firm it is a car-hiring company that grounds its services on a mobile app. The San-Francisco-based firm is the second-best in online transportation industry behind Uber. However, Uber outshines Lyft in almost all facets of online transportation network ranging from marketing to revenue generation. For instance, while Uber is swiftly running internationally with even successful operations in developing countries, Lyft is still contained in the US but expanding on the scale of cities (UPI NewsTrack 1). Nevertheless, the company is showing immense efforts to improve and maintain its competitive edge. One of the ...

Executive Summary

Chez Yasmine is a French restaurant chain that has managed to succeed in the local French market and international British market with their product. To further expand, Chez Yasmine has decided to choose one of the following countries in East Asia: China, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The economic and cultural dynamics of all three countries are different and needs to be analyzed before making the final decision over the choice of an expansion market. To expand in International market, Chez Yasmine would need to overcome local competition and find a suitable strategy to expand their business. Different and dynamic factors ...

Interviewing A Supply Management Professional

As per interview participant’s desire to stay anonymous, as well as in order to resolve all along going confidentiality issues, the real company’s name and the name of interview participant is changed. The company is mentioned as “MotorCO”, and the interviewed is Jane Howard.

Business line:

The “MotorCo” company is an official distributor of vehicle goods, such as cars, motor bicycles, and power equipment of world well known brands. The company represents a manufacturer’s branch mark distributor operating abroad. “MotorCo” is responsible for the entire brand’s activity within the local country, such as an official service maintenance, ...

Description of Taxi service market structure in NSW

In this description, it is important to note that the taxi service plays a pivotal role in the transport industry in the NSW. It complements various other means of transport offered for the members of the public in the NSW region. The convenience of their almost spontaneous response and their ability to deliver door to door service to the public makes them very convenient (Abelson, 2008). The market in NSW is characterized by free entry into the market with the government only intervening in licensing of the taxis. According to the review of entry strategy to the market adopted ...

A NEW TOURIST ATTRACTION

Santa Fe resides in a rich blend of various cultures, driven by the indigenous, Latino and Western, and American cultures (Kimmel, 1995, p. 29). It is a city that flourishes in the aspects that attract local and international tourists as it is a picturesque town of the Spanish model. Santa Fe thrives with magical enthusiastic, with an epicenter of restaurants, hotels, and galleries that promote the tourism industry. At the heart of this, is the lack of a theme park to compliment the various tourist attraction sites that exist in the city. With the eager to impact on the ...

The advent of modern technology has led to development of many industries. Technology has changed the way things are done traditionally. New technology has simplified life for most of it users. The transportation industry is one such industry where new technology has revolutionized how get a ride to work or home. The rise of transportation Network Company simply referred as TNC has helped connect passengers and drivers. The technology allows the parties to use websites and mobile apps to connect to each other. Examples of this TNCs include Uber, Lyft, Wingz and Didi Kuadi. Transportation Network Company is defined ...