taxis

(noun)

the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus; similar to kinesis, but more direct

Related Terms

Examples of taxis in the following topics:

  • Services as Products

    • A taxi service is a service that is tangible.
    • Taxi drivers, such as the one in the image, provide both the good (a car), which provides the means of travel, as well as the act of driving to a place – which is measurable and essentially a service.
    • Therefore a taxi cab driver provides both a good and a service, so he is providing a product.
    • A taxi cab driver provides both a good and a service, so he is providing a product.

  • Movement and Migration

    • Innate behaviors, such as kinesis, taxis, and migration, are instinctual responses to external stimuli.
    • A similar, but more-directed version of kinesis is taxis: the directed movement towards or away from a stimulus.

  • Heterogeneity

    • For example, the taxi service that transports the consumer from his home to the opera is different from the taxi service that transports the same consumer from the opera to his home.
    • Each trip involved a different point in time, another direction, and maybe another route, taxi driver, or car.

  • Additional examples

    • New York City is getting in on the act by declaring that all taxis must be fuel-efficient hybrids by 2012 – a move designed to save taxi drivers over $1,000 per month while eliminating tons of greenhouse gases.

  • Levels of Analysis: Micro and Macro

    • Davis spent six months working as a taxi driver in Chicago, and observed the interactions between himself and his fares (the people who hired his taxi services).
    • He found that the relationship between taxi driver and fare was unique because it was so short, random, and unlikely to be repeated.

  • Beats

    • Another example is often noticeable in a taxiing jet aircraft (particularly the two-engine variety).

  • Cell Structure, Metabolism, and Motility

    • Some protists can move toward or away from a stimulus; a movement referred to as taxis.

  • Monopoly

    • A city that licenses a taxi company gives them market power.
    • They may license several taxi companies so that there is some competition and or they may regulate the services and rates.

  • Fostering Innovation

    • Encourage employees to take advantage of coffee breaks, lunch breaks, and taxi rides.

  • Vaudeville

    • Harpo stopped speaking onstage and began to wear a red fright wig and carry a taxi-cab horn.