What I read
In Uber sells South East Asia operations to rival Grab. Uber sold their business in South East Asia to Grab because Grab is the most popular and has millions of users across eight countries in this area and this is Uber’s third sale in Asia that is China, Russia and South East Asia. They said it was a good combination of reducing costs and giving more benefit customers. And from this happening, people are concerned that the price of the service will be high because it is unrivaled in the market.
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My response
From I studied economics this thing happen that Uber sold business to Grab is not good for economy because it made their is monopoly market which the business can set price more expensive than true and the consumers can not have the opportunity to choose better services because there is only one service. On the other hand, combining business together made Grab which is a complete business that provides a full land transportation service. It includes the services of taxi, car, motorbike, and parcel and food delivery.
Although the Thai government banned the services of both companies, there are a lot of people choose to use their services because of the inefficient taxi service. And in my experience, I don’t like about this combine business together because I used to service from two companies and I think I like drivers and system service from Uber more than Grab. So I'm afraid the service will be worse and more expensive price.
Finally I think the Thai government should accept their companies to challenge with Taxi Thai that it will make the public service more effective and more efficient. And this is a good effect for the people who use the service.
Although the Thai government banned the services of both companies, there are a lot of people choose to use their services because of the inefficient taxi service. And in my experience, I don’t like about this combine business together because I used to service from two companies and I think I like drivers and system service from Uber more than Grab. So I'm afraid the service will be worse and more expensive price.
Finally I think the Thai government should accept their companies to challenge with Taxi Thai that it will make the public service more effective and more efficient. And this is a good effect for the people who use the service.
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My question
What do you think about this combined? and what are the adventage?
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Reference
- BBC News. (2018, March 26). Uber sells South East Asia operations to rival Grab. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43536322
I used to get into both Grab and Uber. However, I prefer Uber because their services are excellent. The drivers are polite, and good driving manner. I agree that the government should support the all kind of public transportation. It does not only improve the infrastructure in Thailand but also reduce the carbon-dioxide emission. It seems that the prices of Grab services will be increased because of its dependent. In contrast, it is good that Thais have more choices to public.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Mon that the government should not protect the inefficient taxi industry from fair market competition. That is bad for everyone else in society except the selfish taxi drivers, who should instead be encouraged to provide a better service to customers, or allowed to fail.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds of US President Trump's foolish trade tariffs against China. That might help the selfish iron and other protected companies for a short time, but it imposes higher costs on everyone else, and reduces national wealth. As a result, the economy as a whole is worse off. Unfortunately, many people do not understand such basic economics, or they do understand, but they don't care about their country or fellow citizens, only their own unfair greed, and that is likely to be very bad for themselves as well as their nation.