Alibaba.com’s Brief Company Background On November 6‚ 2007‚ Alibaba.com debuted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange‚ raising US$1.5 billion to become the world’s biggest Internet stock offering since Google’s initial public offering (IPO) in 2004. On the first trading day‚ frenzied purchases of the stock pushed prices up to by 193%‚ the fourth largest first day gain in Hong Kong’s stock exchange in three years. The closing price of US$5.09 per share gave Alibaba.com a value of about US$25.6 billion
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MGMT 614 CORPORATE STRATEGY SMU MBA (PART-TIME) 2015 Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 2. ALIBABA BACKGROUND AND HISTORY 3 2.1. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF ALIBABA 3 2.2 MISSION/VISION 6 3. STRATEGIC ANALYSIS 7 3.1. BUSINESS ANALYSIS 8 3.1.1 Overview 8 3.2.2 Domestic retail market 9 3.2.3 Global wholesale market (Alibaba.com) 16 3.2.4 Domestic wholesale market (1688.com) 17 3.2.5 Global retail market(AliExpress.com) 18 3.2.6 Cloud computing and Internet Infrastructure 19
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1. Lock-in effect is the phenomenon whereby technologies remain dominant as a result of large sunk investment costs‚ complimentary technologies‚ and widespread usage. Since Alibaba.com is the first portal market mover in China‚ it will be difficult to create another portal market which is just as successful as Alibaba.com. The lock-in effect causes people to have preference for Alibaba.com than any other portal market because they have already established their brand. Some customers also develop
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China’s ecommerce industry. • Global Economic crisis. • Development of a more competitive technology Opportunities – O | Possibility for growth in profits. • Large untapped market potential. • Market share possibility in the US | | 1999 | Alibaba Group was established | 2000 | Launched the Gold Supplier membership to serve exporters in China. | 2001 | Launched the International TrustPass membership to serve exporters outside China. | 2002 | Launched the TrustPass membership to
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Research on how information System Technology give it competitive advantage. Done By: Neo Lai Shun FTDICT216 Page Number 1. What Are Information Systems (IS)? Page 2 2. Introduction to Business information System Page 2 3. How Does Alibaba Make Money? Page 4‚5 4. Advantages and Disadvantages of B2B and B2C Page 5 5. Conclusion Page 5 6. References Page 6 What Are Information Systems (IS)? A lot of organizations work with large great amounts of data. Data are basic values or facts
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market towards the B2C end. Alibaba formed good relationship with most of the brand and established a solid consumer base. It soon became aware of the trend and leveraged its strength by launching a B2C platform‚ TMall. Currently‚ it’s the largest B2C website in China. Moreover‚ a long list of fees would be incurred to sellers in the platform. As more business migrate to the new site‚ Alibaba can enjoy a more steady cash flow. Destination Country - US: On 11 June 2014‚ Alibaba launched US shopping site
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companies announce false CSR values in order to gain social reputation and government support‚ thus it is necessary to assess the authenticity of corporate CSR. The main goal of this Corporate Social Audit is to identify the specific CSR aspects that Alibaba Group claims to contribute‚ assess whether or not it is doing what it claims to do‚ and make a statement on its major strengths and weaknesses when fulfilling their social responsibility. As the largest
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Organization Theory – Alibaba case: “Why organizational structure affected Alibaba’s IPO” Introduction and Historical Overview Over recent years the external environment and the marketplace have become increasingly dynamic and competitive‚ with progressive consolidation of the market leaders and continuing need of companies to adapt their structure towards our demanding society. This trend has led Alibaba Group Holding ltd. to conduct some organizational considerations before being listed on the
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Alibaba Group and its Impact towards Business & Society Alibaba Group is an e-commerce company founded by Jack Ma in year 1999. As an entrepreneur‚ one must be willing to take the risk in starting a business. Being an entrepreneur‚ Jack Ma has vision‚ innovation and determination. He foresaw the potential of the Internet that is going to help in business growth in China. He took a risk and began his entrepreneur journey. He started the business of Alibaba to help other small businesses
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Pivot of Supporting The Loan th The 17 “Hanju” Cup Financial Case Analysis Contest Analysis Report FINANCING ALIBABA’S BUYOUT： Case Report Name： Title： SYNDICATED LOAN IN ASIA PIVOT OF SUPPORTING THE LOAN Team Name： WINNERS DATE: 2014/10/20 1 Pivot of Supporting The Loan Context Abstract ..................................................................................................................................................3 1. Macro and Industry Analysis ...................
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