Europe
January 2016
easyCar Reincarnated (F): Putting off Fires and Moving down the Value Chain
By Michael Jacobides, Pascal Courty
In 1999, Stelios Haji-Ioannou and the easyGroup management team considered whether European car rental was a business worth entering. They had an enviable track record when it came to picking market opportunities. Could this be their next success? The case describes easyCar’s entry into the Europe...
January 2016
easyCar (E): New Troubles Ahead
By Michael Jacobides, Pascal Courty
In 1999, Stelios Haji-Ioannou and the easyGroup management team considered whether European car rental was a business worth entering. They had an enviable track record when it came to picking market opportunities. Could this be their next success? The case describes easyCar’s entry into the Europe...
January 2016
easyCar (D): A New Beginning
By Michael Jacobides, Pascal Courty
In 1999, Stelios Haji-Ioannou and the easyGroup management team considered whether European car rental was a business worth entering. They had an enviable track record when it came to picking market opportunities. Could this be their next success? The case describes easyCar’s entry into the Europe...
January 2016
easyCar (C): Reality Bites Back
By Michael Jacobides, Pascal Courty
In 1999, Stelios Haji-Ioannou and the easyGroup management team considered whether European car rental was a business worth entering. They had an enviable track record when it came to picking market opportunities. Could this be their next success? The case describes easyCar’s entry into the Europe...
January 2016
easyCar (B): The Profile of a Strategic Innovator in 2000
By Michael Jacobides, Pascal Courty
In 1999, Stelios Haji-Ioannou and the easyGroup management team considered whether European car rental was a business worth entering. They had an enviable track record when it came to picking market opportunities. Could this be their next success? The case describes easyCar’s entry into the Europe...
January 2016
easyCar (A)
By Michael Jacobides, Pascal Courty
In 1999, Stelios Haji-Ioannou and the easyGroup management team considered whether European car rental was a business worth entering. They had an enviable track record when it came to picking market opportunities. Could this be their next success? The case describes easyCar’s entry into the Europe...
July 2015
citizenM: Radical innovation in the hotel industry
By Freek Vermeulen
In 2008, a group of five entrepreneurs and executives teamed up to launch an innovative hotel chain into what seemed like a highly competitive industry. Rattan Chadha, the founder of fashion company MEXX and Michael Levie, a hotel industry veteran, teamed up with Hans Meyer, a hotel development spec...