A Comparative Study between eBay and Taobao in Chinese Online Auction Market BSAD 415:66 Electronic Business Prof. G. Trites Jie Yue (Kathy) 200706289 June 10‚ 2008 1 Introduction Being the largest online trading company‚ eBay has launched websites across the world‚ including thirty other countries in addition to its original U.S. website. China‚ with its large online market‚ is one of these countries. In 2003‚ after its cooperation with Eachnet‚ the first C2C online company
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HARVARD BUSINESS CASE: ALIBABA’S TAOBAO (A) GROUP 2 – GMBA Question 1: What are the major differences in the web designs of Taobao and eBay in China? Which is preferred to on-line buyers and sellers in China? Why? Taobao sought to distinguish itself from eBay in numerous ways. So Taobao’s web designs were imbued with a strong local culture that reflected a deep understanding of Chinese consumers and an attitude of informality. First of all‚ the website was designed like a Chinese department store
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TaoBao vs. eBay China Why did eBay succeed in the US but fail in China? What could eBay have done to avoid defeat? Unlike the US‚ China did not have the infrastructure necessary for eBay to enter and operate successfully. Therefore‚ eBay was before its time in China and failed because: * Low internet penetration rate – eBay needs high traffic. * Lacked the norms and laws to support online exchange – trust is a key success factor in internet based businesses‚ and the lack of rules
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Part 2 Introduction Taobao is China’s largest Internet retail website and one-stop platform for shopping‚ socializing and information sharing. It was found by Alibaba Group on May10‚ 2003‚ Taobao (www.taobao.com) is the largest Internet retail Web site in China with 84 percent of the Chinese-domestic online consumer market. Taobao Marketplace facilitates consumer-to-consumer (C2C) retail by providing a platform for small businesses and individual entrepreneurs to open online retail stores that
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of business in Alibaba is from C2C to B2C‚ which is from pay to finance(Olson‚ P 2014). But in the field of mobile Internet‚ Alibaba has been lacked of support. If it can effectively stabilize its market position and long-term advantage‚ which has been the focus of Alibaba’s strategic thinking. Indeed‚ Sina Weibo and Momo were taken over by Alibaba‚ which the two social heights occupied can help to make up for the short board of Alibaba’s social networking. And it also help Alibaba closer to the distance
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eliminated. As a new site with holding the idea of localization‚ the successful strategies of Taobao are worth our thinking and emulating. This paper mainly discusses Taobao’s success and its inspiration to the development of the domestic E-commerce. Index Terms—Taobao‚ E-commerce‚ successful strategies 1 Taobao’s successful experience is worth emulating by the domestic enterprises. II. ESTABLISHMENT OF TAOBAO I. INTRODUCTION With the rapid development of the Internet‚ Ecommerce attracts more and
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Taobao Online Shopping People describe what markets should do in four Ps: product‚ which means they should design a product that people will be satisfied with; price‚ which means they should set up different price for different products; place‚ which means they should choose a place where people will buy it; and promotion‚ a strategy to promote their products to attract people to buy. Taobao is an online shopping website‚ which is described as Chinese largest online shopping mall. It allows
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1. Introduction Alibaba Group is the world’s outstanding business-to-business e-commerce service company‚ which provides an efficient online trading platform for buyers and suppliers all over the world. It is China’s largest e-commerce group which was founded by Jack Ma in 1999‚ and has developed into seven affiliated groups‚ namely Alibaba International Business Operations‚ Alibaba Small Business Operations‚ Taobao Marketplace‚ Tmall.com‚ Juhuasuan‚ e-Tao and Alibaba Cloud Computing (News‚ 2012)
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TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG Alibaba: Competing in China and Beyond Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights IBDEM Prof. Dr. Johannes Stephan By Lu Hui Chin (57963) Yang Limeng (57938) 05.05.2014 Freiberg‚ Germany 2 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………… 3 2. History and Development of Alibaba ……………………………………………. 3 3. Alibaba’s Competition Advantages ……………………………………………… 4 3.1 Biggest market share of E-commerce in China …………………………….. 4 3.2
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Background 2. Business Model 3. Five Forces Analysis 4. The Financial Analysis 5. SWOT Analysis 6. Conclusion 1. Background Alibaba Group(Chinese: 阿里巴巴)has operated in Hangzhou which is a e-commerce and e-auction company and specializing in global trading. It was founded in 1999 by Ma Yun operates total six e-commerce sub-companies. Alibaba Group operate different aspects of trading tomakes it easy for anyone to buy or sell online anywhere in the world. Sub-companies which included:
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