Journal of the Community Development in Asia
Vol 2, No 2 (2019): Journal of The Community Development in Asia (JCDA)

Dacsee Company: Expanding into Carpooling in Malaysia

Jarkko Ylitalo (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Daisy Mui Hung Kee (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Olli Juvonen (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Saana Kaario (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Iiro Järveläinen (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Nikita Mukul Nijasure (Amity University)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 May 2019

Abstract

For our research topic of Nusantara project, we chose Malaysian based e-hailing application Dacsee. Currently Dacsee company’s most important revenue source is the taxi service through their mobile application. In this paper, we are suggesting that Dacsee should de-risk their business and expand their business model to ride sharing (ie. carpooling). Furthermore, by expanding their business, Dacsee will get access to different revenue sources, gain economies of scale benefits and leverage first-mover advantage. First, the Dacsee Company is introduced. After that, a critical analysis of the economic feasibility of our idea is analyzed from multiple perspectives. Some of the analysis done are for example Porter Five Forces analysis and VRIO analysis. As a result of our analyses we’ll suggest Dacsee Company to include carpooling to their product catalogue. By aggressive marketing and expanding their services quickly nationwide, they will gain temporary competitive advantage over rival companies. If Dacsee simultaneously utilizes their own cryptocurrency and promotes customer revenue they will be able to create customer lock-in in the market renowned by fierce competition. The purpose of this study was to figure out improved ways for Dacsee to conduct their business in Malaysia.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JCDA

Publisher

Subject

Humanities

Description

JCDA aims to feature narrative, theoretical, and empirically-based research articles. The journal also accepts articles with data taken from reflections as well as experiences (qualitative research) relevant to community development in Asia. As it explores the community development broadly, the ...