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SWVL, a well-funded start-up in the Middle East, solved the mass transportation problem in emerging markets with a unique bus-hailing model. In March 2020, with 150,000 bookings in one day across its operating geographies, it reached its highest utilization rate and gross profit margin. Then Covid-19 hit. SWVL’s first reaction was to shut down operations and hunker down.
Reference 6680
Published 08 Jun 2021
Length 13 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Middle-East
Industry Internet, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
SWVL, a well-funded start-up in the Middle East, solved the mass transportation problem in emerging markets with a unique bus-hailing model. In March 2020, with 150,000 bookings in one day across its operating geographies, it reached its highest utilization rate and gross profit margin. Then Covid-19 hit. SWVL’s first reaction was to shut down operations and hunker down.
This case describes a field experiment to test the principles of incentive design conducted at Grab, one of Southeast Asia’s largest mobile technology companies that connects millions of consumers to millions of drivers.
Reference 6639
Published 09 Feb 2021
Length 20 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
This case describes a field experiment to test the principles of incentive design conducted at Grab, one of Southeast Asia’s largest mobile technology companies that connects millions of consumers to millions of drivers.
This case describes a field experiment to test the principles of incentive design conducted at Grab, one of Southeast Asia’s largest mobile technology companies that connects millions of consumers to millions of drivers.
Reference 6639
Published 09 Feb 2021
Length 5 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
This case describes a field experiment to test the principles of incentive design conducted at Grab, one of Southeast Asia’s largest mobile technology companies that connects millions of consumers to millions of drivers.
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.
Reference 6432
Published 31 Aug 2018
Length 11 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Asia
Industry Wireless, Automotive, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
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.
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.
Reference 6333
Published 15 Dec 2017
Length 23 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Middle-East
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.
This case explores the changes wrought by the “sharing economy”, examining the innovations and controversies surrounding the online ride-hailing service Uber. It provides a unique overview of the challenges posed by new business models like Uber’s, which use the internet to link individual providers of goods and services to customers.
Reference 6209
Published 29 May 2017
Length 20 page(s)
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
This case explores the changes wrought by the “sharing economy”, examining the innovations and controversies surrounding the online ride-hailing service Uber. It provides a unique overview of the challenges posed by new business models like Uber’s, which use the internet to link individual providers of goods and services to customers.
