in terms of gross merchandise volume (“GMV”) in 2013. The company was founded in China in 1999. Alibaba operates several online/mobile trading platforms for B2C type of online and mobile commerce business in China. The major ones being (1) Taobao Marketplace‚ China’s largest B2C online shopping destination (merchandises offered by individual sellers‚ similar to e-bay in United States); (2) Tmall‚ China’s largest B2C third-party platform for brands and retailors (similar to Amazon in US); and
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cases to a common phenomenon. Several years ago‚ such cases could be splashed in the front page of newspapers to catch readers’ eyes; while today‚ the advertisement on this renting deal is no longer confined to various chatting groups but appears on Taobao website. So‚ in 4 years‚ when I graduate from college‚ about 25 years old ‚ suppose unfortunately I remain single at that time ‚whether I will hire a professional “boyfriend” home during Spring Festival to surprise my parents or be a part-time girlfriend
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choice? How can you get good value for money during shopping? Over the past years‚ shopping online has a rapid rise because of the mushroom of development of computer science which seems incredible. A large amount of people prefer shopping on E-bay or Taobao and believe it has numerous advantages and benefits. Nevertheless‚ other rational people have a question: Is online shopping all that much better? In order to solve this question‚ this paper will discuss whether online shopping is a good choice. In
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경영정보시스템 채상미 교수님 Individual assignment #1 1001455 최은민 1. Cyworld has a competitive advantage that it is blended of a social networking site‚ blogging site‚ photo sharing web site‚ and even videogamelike avatars. This interestingly-blended one allows customers to value it more than competitors like Myspace‚ Facebook‚ Friendster‚ Yahoo 360‚ etc‚ which are text-heavy bulky sites of social networking. Thus buyer power is low‚ supplier power is high even though there are some other social networking
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References: Best benefits: Telecommuting. 2012. 100 Best Companies to Work for. Retrieved from http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/best-companies/2012/benefits/telecommuting.html CIW Team Staff. 2013. 10‚000 packages from Taobao being shipped to Taiwan every day. China Internet Watch. Retrieved from http://www.chinainternetwatch.com/tag/alibaba/#ixzz2TtkAQmOIIn%202012 Harnish‚ T. & Lister‚ K. 2011. Workshift Canada: The Bottom Line on Telework. Retrieved from http://www
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Introduction Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin‚ as “a superior search-engine technology to find and organize information on the Web” (Quelch‚ 1). Google’s mission is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful” (Quelch‚ 1). Google prides itself in providing search results in order of relevance and not paid sponsorship and identifies “paid advertising links as sponsored” (Quelch‚ 2). However‚ Google’s main revenue sources are its two advertising
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Alibaba.com: A Smiling Community with a Dream Since its humble beginnings in 1999‚ when it was launched by Jack Ma and 17 other co-founders‚ Alibaba.com has become the world’s largest online business-to-business global trading marketplace‚ with 2.5 million and 14 million registered users in its international and Chinese domestic marketplaces respectively (refer to Appendix 1 for key development milestones). In 2004‚ the Alibaba websites boasted an estimated combined transaction volume of more than
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Luxury Retail Management Individual Assignment Luxury Brands Digital & OMNI Retail Strategies Decoding DIOR DNA • • • Feminine Princess Sexy CODES • • • Cannage Knot & Oval Rose • • Flirtatious Française • • Avenue Montaigne New Look Distribution Strategy • Dior Beauty is following a multi-channel distribution strategy worldwide. • Mainly sell products at wholesale to dealers and retailers including department stores. • Also sell beauty products in brand retail store together with ready-to-wear
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Analysis of eBay China’s Failure and Suggestions to eBay’s Return Strategy from the Perspective of Cross-cultural Conflicts 1. Introduction Along with the development of global economy‚ no one is unfamiliar with the word of globalization‚ and the world is filled with multinational-corporations. In such circumstances‚ those companies have realized that the necessary way to survive in the global market and maintain the competitive advantages is to
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is one of the leading B2B e-commerce companies in China. It provides a marketplace connecting small and medium-sized buyers and suppliers from China and around the world. Tags (view related articles): Case studies‚ Business-to-Business (B2B) Alibaba’s web presence includes an international marketplace (www.alibaba.com) focuses on global importers and exporters and a China marketplace (www.alibaba.com.cn) which focuses on suppliers and buyers trading domestically in China. From a launch in 1999
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