TY  - EJOU
AU  - Zhang, Xin 
AU  - Jiang, Gege 

TI  - The	Impact	of	Aggregation	Platforms	on	the	Ride-Sourcing	Market	with	 Different	Models	of	Companies
T2  - The International Conference on Computational \& Experimental Engineering and Sciences

PY  - 2023
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
SN  - 1933-2815

AB  - With	the	booming	development	of	the	ride-sourcing	(RS)industry,	aggregation	platforms	that	integrate	RS
companies	have	emerged	in	recent	years,	such	as	Gaode	and	Meituan.	Aggregation	platforms	can	consolidate	
resources	 and	 avoid	 fragmentation	 of	 the	market.	 But	 the	 emergence	 of	 aggregation	 platforms	 has	 also	
changed	 the	 market	 structure	 and	 brought	 challenges.	 This	 paper	 explores	 the	 impact	 of	 aggregation	
platforms	 on	 the	 market	 with	 two	 models of	 companies:	 customer-to-customer	 (C2C)	 companies,	 and	
business-to-customer	(B2C)	companies.	C2C	companies	adjust	supply	and	demand	to	maximize	revenue	by	
determining	travel	fares	and	the	cut	taken	from	the	travel	fares,	i.e.,	the	commission.	B2C	companies	will	be	
affected	 by	 the	 decisions	 of	 C2C	 companies.	 Numerical	 studies	 have	 shown	 that	 joining	 an	 aggregation	
platform	reduces	the	optimal	commission	of	C2C	companies,	which	leads	to	a	decrease	in	optimal	revenues.	
In	addition,	the	revenue	of	part-time	drivers	and	B2C	companies	increase	significantly.	Besides,	this	paper	
explores	the	impact	of	drivers'	sensitivity	to	income	on	the	RS market.	This	research	can	provide	a	reference	
for	the	operation	of	the	company	after	joining	the	aggregation	platform.
KW  - Ride-sourcing	market
KW  - 	aggregation	platform
KW  - 	customer-to-customer
KW  - 	business-to-customer

DO  - 10.32604/icces.2023.09222