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Bruce Cameron. Valderrama, Daniel X. (Daniel Xavier) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering and Management Program. System Design and Management Program. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering and Management Program n-us--- 2021-10-08T17:10:14Z 2021-10-08T17:10:14Z 2020 2020 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132873 1263351176 Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, May, 2020 Cataloged from the official version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-114). This thesis examines rider multihoming in the US ridesharing market. Ridesharing services experience substantial multihoming on both sides of the platform, and appear to suffer from a combination of a lack of differentiation as well as low multihoming costs. Through an informational interview, a qualitative survey, and a conjoint survey and analysis, rider preferences were able to be categorized and quantified. An adapted conjoint survey and analysis allowed for a simulation of rider decisions to accept a ride or multihome along price, time, and company attributes. With baseline thresholds, examining the prevalence of multihoming with use of several multihoming reduction strategies, have shown that network bridging strategies may have an impact in reducing the prevalence of multihoming among riders. In-App Promotions and Incentive-based strategies, meanwhile, have shown to have the opposite results, showing an increased tendency to multihome in riders that utilize them. by Daniel X. Valderrama. S.M. in Engineering and Management S.M.inEngineeringandManagement Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program 130 pages eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Engineering and Management Program. System Design and Management Program. Rider multihoming in the United States rideshare market Thesis application/pdf 2021-10-08T17:10:14Z Publication Master SysDes unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="c22bc378-385a-476d-b531-039f5674364d"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>Rider multihoming in the United States rideshare market</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2020</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Valderrama, Daniel X. (Daniel Xavier)</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Engineering and Management Program.</Keyword> <Keyword>System Design and Management Program.</Keyword> <Abstract>This thesis examines rider multihoming in the US ridesharing market. Ridesharing services experience substantial multihoming on both sides of the platform, and appear to suffer from a combination of a lack of differentiation as well as low multihoming costs. Through an informational interview, a qualitative survey, and a conjoint survey and analysis, rider preferences were able to be categorized and quantified. An adapted conjoint survey and analysis allowed for a simulation of rider decisions to accept a ride or multihome along price, time, and company attributes. With baseline thresholds, examining the prevalence of multihoming with use of several multihoming reduction strategies, have shown that network bridging strategies may have an impact in reducing the prevalence of multihoming among riders. In-App Promotions and Incentive-based strategies, meanwhile, have shown to have the opposite results, showing an increased tendency to multihome in riders that utilize them.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>