Business model innovation
January 2016
Eden McCallum: Consulting Redefined
By Freek Vermeulen
Eden McCallum is a Management Consulting firm founded by two ex-McKinsey partners. It has offices in London, Amsterdam and Zurich, and is planning further expansion. The company is founded using a distinctive new business model, based on operating a pool of experienced, freelance consultants. Hence,...
January 2016
easyCar (G): From B2C to P2P
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 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 2018
Dollar Shave Club: Disrupting the Shaving Industry
By Nader Tavassoli, Karin Kollenz-Quétard, Jamie Anderson
The case describes how Dollar Shave Club proved to be a disruptive force in the shaving industry, one dominated by Gillette for over a Century. It did so without a single patent to its name, and with a direct-to-consumer subscription and a content-based customer engagement model that was new to the ...
August 2013
Costa Coffee (B): Project Marlow
By Julian Birkinshaw, Ken Mark
This is part of a case series. The case focuses on how a senior executive assesses the opportunity to drive innovation in his division. Jim Slater, Managing Director of Costa Enterprises, is thinking about a management consultant's offer to build the next generation coffee machine for his division. ...