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Gig economy businesses like Uber and Airtasker need to evolve to survive

  • Written by Joshua Healy, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Workplace Leadership, University of Melbourne
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The honeymoon is over for the gig economy. The loose collection of online platform companies – from Airtasker to Uber and Deliveroo – has long trumpeted its difference from the business norm, but is starting to lose its shine. Now these companies must own up to the limits of their business model.

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