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Careem - Selling Rides or Selling Tech? Strategic Agility and Scope in a Platform Business

By  Neil Jones,  Jean Wee
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In 2012, when Careem first started operations in Dubai as a private limousine booking business, it was a tiny start-up working with just US$100,000 of its founders’ savings. Selim Turki is hired (its 18th employee) to develop and market its platform as a ‘white label’ solution for companies’ transport arrangements.

    Published 12 Nov 2019

    Reference 6546

    Topic Entrepreneurship

    Region Middle-East

    Industry Consumer Services,  Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

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    Careem - Selling Rides or Selling Tech? Strategic Agility and Scope in a Platform Business

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    In 2012, when Careem first started operations in Dubai as a private limousine booking business, it was a tiny start-up working with just US$100,000 of its founders’ savings. Selim Turki is hired (its 18th employee) to develop and market its platform as a ‘white label’ solution for companies’ transport arrangements.
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      Grab vs. Uber vs. Go-Jek: Digital Platform-based International Competition in South East Asia

      By  Jason P. Davis,  Minh Vo,  Anne Yang
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      Grab, Uber and Go-Jek compete in ride-hailing and related logistics and transport services (e.g., food delivery, courier service) across Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. The case focuses on differences in company history and strategy, and how they shape the competition and ultimately performance differentials.

        Published 31 Aug 2018

        Reference 6432

        Topic Entrepreneurship

        Region Asia

        Industry Wireless,  Automotive,  Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

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        Grab vs. Uber vs. Go-Jek: Digital Platform-based International Competition in South East Asia

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        Grab, Uber and Go-Jek compete in ride-hailing and related logistics and transport services (e.g., food delivery, courier service) across Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. The case focuses on differences in company history and strategy, and how they shape the competition and ultimately performance differentials.
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          Ruling from the Grave: A Family Succession Controversy at the Taiwanese Evergreen Group

          By  Morten Bennedsen,  Hsi-Mei Chung,  Yi-Chun Lu,  Brian Henry
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          The case highlights a bloodless succession coup that was over within weeks following the death of the founder of one of the largest conglomerates in Taiwan. In January 2016, Chairman Chang Yung-fa, 88, founder of Evergreen Group, died, leaving a handwritten testament disinheriting his three sons from his first deceased wife.

            Published 26 Mar 2018

            Reference 6386

            Topic Family Business

            Region Asia

            Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

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            Ruling from the Grave: A Family Succession Controversy at the Taiwanese Evergreen Group

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            The case highlights a bloodless succession coup that was over within weeks following the death of the founder of one of the largest conglomerates in Taiwan. In January 2016, Chairman Chang Yung-fa, 88, founder of Evergreen Group, died, leaving a handwritten testament disinheriting his three sons from his first deceased wife.
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              The Dakota Access Pipeline Project

              By  Ingo Walter,  Sinziana Dorobantu
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              Plans for a $3.5 billion crude oil pipeline in 2014-17 from the Bakken formation of North Sakota and Canada to a transfer point near Chicago, linked to an existing pipeline to the major refining and export faculities on the US Gulf Coast, run into trouble when the developer, Energy Transfer Partners, encounters a "roadblock" on a section of federal land that is within a reservation of the Flat Ro

                Published 26 Mar 2018

                Reference 6379

                Topic Responsibility

                Region North America

                Industry Environmental Services,  Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

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                The Dakota Access Pipeline Project

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                Plans for a $3.5 billion crude oil pipeline in 2014-17 from the Bakken formation of North Sakota and Canada to a transfer point near Chicago, linked to an existing pipeline to the major refining and export faculities on the US Gulf Coast, run into trouble when the developer, Energy Transfer Partners, encounters a "roadblock" on a section of federal land that is within a reservation of the Flat Ro
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                  Volkswagen's Emissions Scandal: How Could It Happen?

                  By  N. Craig Smith,  Erin McCormick
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                  The case is a detailed ‘inside’ account of the ‘dieselgate’ scandal at Volkswagen which revealed how engineers had programmed software that enabled its cars to cheat emissions tests.

                    Published 28 May 2018

                    Reference 6346

                    Topic Responsibility

                    Region Global

                    Industry Automotive,  Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

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                    Volkswagen's Emissions Scandal: How Could It Happen?

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                    The case is a detailed ‘inside’ account of the ‘dieselgate’ scandal at Volkswagen which revealed how engineers had programmed software that enabled its cars to cheat emissions tests.
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                      Careem vs. the Ride-Hailing Goliath: Abraaj Journeys Further Into the Tech-enabled Consumer Space

                      By  Claudia Zeisberger,  Bowen White,  Jean Wee
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                      Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing company, was founded in 2012 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by two ex-McKinsey consultants who saw a gap in the transport market.

                        Published 15 Dec 2017

                        Reference 6333

                        Topic Entrepreneurship

                        Region Middle-East

                        Industry Private Equity,  Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

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                        Careem vs. the Ride-Hailing Goliath: Abraaj Journeys Further Into the Tech-enabled Consumer Space

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                        Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing company, was founded in 2012 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by two ex-McKinsey consultants who saw a gap in the transport market.
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                          Rapid: CEO Succession

                          By  Stanislav Shekshnia
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                          RAPID, a private company with complex ownership and nontransparent management systems, faces challenges associated with fast growth and an archaic governance structure. The founders of the company recognize the challenges, but lack knowledge and experience to deal with them.

                            Published 28 Aug 2017

                            Reference 6319

                            Topic Entrepreneurship

                            Region Europe

                            Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

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                            Rapid: CEO Succession

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                            RAPID, a private company with complex ownership and nontransparent management systems, faces challenges associated with fast growth and an archaic governance structure. The founders of the company recognize the challenges, but lack knowledge and experience to deal with them.
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                              Servientrega: Co-Founders in Competition

                              By  Morten Bennedsen,  Alexander Guzman,  Brian Henry,  Maria Andrea Trujillo,  Yupana Wiwattanakantang
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                              One of the biggest logistics services providers in Colombia, Servientrega started out as a one-man courier operation on the streets of Bogota in 1982. Jesus Guerrero, an enterprising messenger boy, set up his own delivery service at the age of 18.

                                Published 29 Mar 2017

                                Reference 6287

                                Topic Family Business

                                Region South America

                                Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

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                                Servientrega: Co-Founders in Competition

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                                One of the biggest logistics services providers in Colombia, Servientrega started out as a one-man courier operation on the streets of Bogota in 1982. Jesus Guerrero, an enterprising messenger boy, set up his own delivery service at the age of 18.
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                                  Tata Nano's Execution Failure: How the People's Car Failed to Reshape the Auto Industry and Create New Growth

                                  By  W. Chan Kim,  Renee Mauborgne,  Robert Bong,  Mi Ji
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                                  This case analyses Tata Motors' strategic move to create and launch the Tata Nano, exploring the factors behind the project's earlier success and the reasons for its execution failure. It illustrates the importance of having a strong and aligned set of value, profit and people propositions in order to create and capture a blue ocean.

                                    Published 30 Jan 2017

                                    Reference 6275

                                    Topic Strategy

                                    Region Asia

                                    Industry Automotive,  Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

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                                    Tata Nano's Execution Failure: How the People's Car Failed to Reshape the Auto Industry and Create New Growth

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                                    This case analyses Tata Motors' strategic move to create and launch the Tata Nano, exploring the factors behind the project's earlier success and the reasons for its execution failure. It illustrates the importance of having a strong and aligned set of value, profit and people propositions in order to create and capture a blue ocean.
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                                      Tata Nano's Execution Failure: How the People's Car Failed to Reshape the Auto Industry and Create New Growth (Chinese)

                                      By  W. Chan Kim,  Renee Mauborgne,  Robert Bong,  Ji Mi
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                                      This case analyses Tata Motors' strategic move to create and launch the Tata Nano, exploring the factors behind the project's earlier success and the reasons for its execution failure. It illustrates the importance of having a strong and aligned set of value, profit and people propositions in order to create and capture a blue ocean.

                                        Published 22 Mar 2019

                                        Reference 6275

                                        Topic Strategy

                                        Region Asia

                                        Industry Automotive,  Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

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                                        Tata Nano's Execution Failure: How the People's Car Failed to Reshape the Auto Industry and Create New Growth (Chinese)

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                                        This case analyses Tata Motors' strategic move to create and launch the Tata Nano, exploring the factors behind the project's earlier success and the reasons for its execution failure. It illustrates the importance of having a strong and aligned set of value, profit and people propositions in order to create and capture a blue ocean.
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                                          Uber vs. Didi: The Race for China's Ride-hailing Market

                                          By  Guoli Chen,  Tony Tong,  Xiaohua Su,  Kuangzhen Wu
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                                          As a result of fast-developing mobile technology, companies must deal with increasing business complexity in a high-velocity environment. The Uber vs.

                                            Published 14 Nov 2016

                                            Reference 6223

                                            Topic Strategy

                                            Region Asia

                                            Industry Automotive,  Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

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                                            Uber vs. Didi: The Race for China's Ride-hailing Market

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                                            As a result of fast-developing mobile technology, companies must deal with increasing business complexity in a high-velocity environment. The Uber vs.
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                                              Uber vs. Didi: The Race for China's Ride-hailing Market (Japanese)

                                              By  Guoli Chen,  Tony Tong,  Xiaohua Su,  Kuangzhen Wu
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                                              As a result of fast-developing mobile technology, companies must deal with increasing business complexity in a high-velocity environment. The Uber vs.

                                                Published 06 Feb 2020

                                                Reference 6223

                                                Topic Strategy

                                                Region Asia

                                                Industry Automotive,  Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

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                                                Uber vs. Didi: The Race for China's Ride-hailing Market (Japanese)

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                                                As a result of fast-developing mobile technology, companies must deal with increasing business complexity in a high-velocity environment. The Uber vs.
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