Platform Revolution from the Margin: How E-commerce Platforms Transform Peri-urban Spaces in China KU Leuven
E-commerce has grown substantially in China over the past decade, with Chinese digital platform providers becoming serious competitors for western corporations. In this project, I aim to examine the rapid expansion of China’s platform economy and resultant transformations of the country. I will add a sorely-lacking geographical perspective, which will contribute to explaining the role of geography in the development of platform economy and ...