Late last year Uber announced that it was pulling out of several major German markets, the latest in a series of challenges as it attempts to expand internationally.
Is this just a minor misstep — or a harbinger of more serious troubles ahead?
Uber — along with competitors like Lyft, and sharing-economy cousins such as Airbnb — is arguably performing a valuable service by forcing tired old industries to innovate and to improve the quality of their offerings.
