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Thanks to our interaction with Mr. Amri, we could actually refine the main idea behind the innovation that the company proposes. In fact, the company did actually fill a market gap by proposing transportation services to Casablanca citizens at an affordable price helping the society to lower social inequalities. Mr. Amri also added, "The general public tends to think that the profitability of this project consists of capturing value from bus ticket sales; rather, the company actually profits mostly from advertisement, which allows us to focus more on lowering the prices of the tickets and please our customers." (Houcine A.)
One of the main inspirations of M'dina Bus, according to Mr. Amri, was a French company that proposes the same services to its customers in the city of Paris. Managers of M'dina did analyze the business model of this company and tried to get inspired by gathering enough information and adapting it to the Moroccan context. In fact, the idea was to re-model this concept and adapt it to the Moroccan market by changing some parameters related to the customers’ reaction towards this innovative idea. The results were actually satisfying as the demand for their services is still growing nowadays and the company did acquire a very big portion of the market share. Citizens of Casablanca started to also consider the company as a top-of-mind alternative.
According to Mr. Amri, this question could also be answered after many years of observation and experience. The company does actually perform annual external assessments related to their brand perception in the market. The annual results of these assessments showed that M'dina Bus services did actually fill a tremendous gap within the market of Casablanca as these services used to be sometimes unaffordable for some citizens. Thanks to our interaction with Mr. Amri, we could come to the conclusion that M’dina Bus is a transportation service company that has an impact on the following elements: the society, the customer and itself. Concerning the customers, the company is actually aiming to provide citizens with a basic service with an affordable price. This would have a strong positive impact on the society in which the citizens are going to be satisfied in a way that the company is going to ensure a good environment taking into consideration such factors as economical stability. Furthermore, the company will benefit from this step as it will capture value and maintain reputation and image within the given market which leads to attract more clients in the future, and why not expand on a larger scale.
Thanks to its increasing notoriety within the Moroccan market, Mr. Amri thinks that M'dina bus is ready to expand its services abroad, especially to North African countries and to countries in the Middle East. The company is actually generating a capital of 409 million Dirhams which can be considered as important compared to its competitors. the company is mainly generating money from advertisement in addition to ticket sales. M'dina bus proposes to other companies to display their ads on both buses and bus shelters which can be considered as a great communication tool that could interest many potential companies.
The societal impact that M'dina bus has on the society is mainly related to the well-being of the citizens located in Casablanca. In fact, by providing these transportation services at a low price, the company gives the opportunity to a large number of Casablanca citizens to access it. M'dina's buses connect many areas of the city, which gives a wider range of alternatives for customers and therefore strives for facilitating citizens' lives. Concerning the environment, Mr. Amri did actually emphasize the impact of the COP 22 on M'dina Bus's corporate social responsibility strategies as they are aiming now to lower their CO2 emissions.
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Houcine Amri, Information System Director
