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Airport taxi
Dubai Airport has decided to counter the chaos in the airport taxi service by commencing a bidding process to assign airport taxi services to 3 operators only. After years of cheating passengers, black-market drivers and unlicensed cabs, the airport has had enough of the problems and is now taking action. They are retracting all existing permits and are issuing 2,100 new permits to the three largest operators in the country.Our client is a local Big-three taxi operator with a 3,000 car fleet, but he is not servicing the airport yet. He has a spare capacity of 500 taxis and he is considering applying for 500 new permits, but he doesn’t know if he will get a positive return on his investment.He asked us to help him determine if he should pursue applying for the permits or not.
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China book publisher
Our client is a Chinese publisher called AnimeCo who is looking to publish a new book based on the popular Anime series Little Panda. This series has been highly popular in China with millions of viewers every day and the publisher is looking to capitalize on this potentially.They have asked us to provide advice on whether this will be a good investment and if they should move forward with it. They want to know the total market size, potential revenue & potential profit.
Fairway
Your client, Fairway, is a manufacturer and supplier of golf balls.The company is acting globally in almost every market.They are now planning to expand to Portugal, but they do not have any information about the market there.Portugal is a small country in western Europe with a population of 11 million people.The CEO wants to know if they should enter the market and how they should do it.
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Children vaccine
Beyer, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, just invented a very reliable vaccine against Chickenpox, a disease that affects children in the age from 2 to 16 years.Beyer came to you wondering what their potential sales in Europe in the first year would be if they launched this product next year. They are only interested in the overall sales revenue as they already know that the vaccine can be sold for a profit. This is more meant to show them how big the volume they have to supply is and what the revenue would be.
Carmatics
Your client, Virgin Mobile, is interested in offering telematics services to vehicles in the USA with a new brand: Carmatics.Should they enter this new market? If yes, how should they do it?
Gas station
How many gas stations are there in Paris? Suppose a friend of yours wants to open a gas station in Paris. What aspects should he consider?
Perpetual motion
After a congress about general science in which you took part out of personal interest, a renowned scientist comes to talk to you. He swears he invented the world’s first perpetual motion apparatus. It requires no energy source and keeps running forever. It can even turn a small fan with its motion.The scientist asks you in which markets he can monetize the invention and how much money he could make in Europe in the first year.
New magazine
Your client is the CEO of a publishing company that publishes an educational magazine and a women's magazine.Although both businesses are profitable, they are not growing fast enough. Thus, the CEO is thinking about starting a third monthly magazine that is targeted towards 30 to 60-year-old men in the US. He wants to know whether he can reach his first-year goal of $15 million in revenue.
Acquiring a vineyard in the Piedmont region (Italy)
Your client, a private equity fund, is considering entry into the wine business through the acquisition of a vineyard called “Piumarolo” in Italy's renowned Piedmont region. Since this marks the fund's initial foray into this specific sector, they have engaged our team to conduct a preliminary market analysis and determine the feasibility of this prospective transaction.
Powered Wheelchairs
We have been hired by the CEO of Comfort Chairs, a company that manufactures complex powered wheelchairs. Comfort Chairs has headquarters in Sweden with manufacturing in Sweden and sales all over Europe. The company enjoys a strong market position and is known for being a pioneer in its industry. It was recently acquired by a leading global private equity firm that is interested in driving the international growth of Comfort Chairs. Especially, the US market looks very interesting.The CEO has hired you to help him with two things:1. Determine the size and the growth of the US market for complex powered wheelchairs.2. Analyze whether entering the US market is attractive.
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Travel Destination
Your client is the government of a region in southern Spain. Situated in this region are the country’s main tourist locations, mostly beaches.The government is not satisfied with the revenues of the tourism sector. They have contacted our company to find a solution for this problem.
Nutripremium
Nutripremium is a very well-known premium nutrition food company in Europe (€1 billion revenue last year). It is based in Spain and has an excellent market share not only in its home country but also in Portugal, France, Italy and Germany. Nutripremium has two main lines of products:Vitamin-supplements for pregnant womenConcentrated dehydrated aliments and vitamin pills for sick patients (with Diabetes or Cancer).The CEO of Nutripremium thinks that the market in Europe is starting to get saturated and wants you to analyze the Chinese market.What are the key areas you would explore to determine whether this is a good idea?
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