M14_DERE8676_07_SE_CS6.QXD 12/2/09 4:01 AM Page 281 CASE 6 EBAY IN JAPAN: STRATEGIC AND CULTURAL MISSTEPS “I am not one for regrets‚ but I still regret we don’t have a presence in Japan.”1 —MEG WHITMAN‚ CEO‚ eBay in 2008. “When we arrived last year‚ the 800-pound gorilla [Yahoo Japan Auctions] was already positioned.”2 —MERLE OKAWARA‚ President and CEO‚ eBay Japan in 2001 “I think eBay learned what it did wrong in Japan. Because of the nature of the auction model‚ I think it now understands
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market in China: a comparative study between Taobao and eBay"‚ ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol 2‚ 2005‚ pp 8. "eBay ’s hugely successful online auction site is pioneering new forms of law enforcement. But at what cost"‚ New Scientist‚ July 3‚ 2004 v183 i2454; 9. Goldsborough‚ Reid "Fighting Back Against Online-Auction Fraud"‚ auctioneers‚ brokers"‚ The Business Journal‚ Nov 12‚ 1999. Vol.17‚ Iss. 30; 16 17. Wolfe‚ D.‚ "eBay Looking to Make PayPal More Global"‚ American Banker
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advancing‚ eBay would be unable to maintain a competitive advantage with its old business model unless it adapted a newer business model geared towards e-Commerce. Its new business model will revolutionize e-Commerce with strategic alliances that will enable the company to expand it e-Commerce strengths. PayPal and eBay’s plethora of mobile applications and mobile payment systems brings the company back into the market. 2. What are the problems that eBay is currently facing? How is eBay trying to
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Ebay in the view of high performance organization by Nadine Friedrich‚ Virginia Gaspar‚ Katharina Dornberger‚ Sebastian Flack structure 1. facts about ebay 2. balanced scorecard 3. threats & opportunities 4. future visions & solutions 5. our new ideas 6. success What is ebay? deal money seller (power seller) consumer consumer seller (power seller) company facts - founded in 1995 in California‚ Pierre Omidyar - 16.000 workers worldwide / 38 markets worldwide -
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Business Model eBay is an online person-to-person trading community on the Internet. Buyers and sellers are brought together whereby the sellers are allowed to list items for sale and buyers to bid on interested items. The items are categorized by topics‚ where each type of auction has its own category. eBay has both streamlined and globalized traditional person-to-person trading‚ which has traditionally been conducted through such forms as garage sales‚ collectibles shows‚ flea markets and more
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companies that in the process of expanding their business have not succeeded. For the purpose of this report‚ I will use the “Sara Lee Corporation” as a successful company throughout its diversification strategies. On the other hand‚ I would use Ebay as an example of a company that did not succeed in a diversification attempt (Skype acquisition). Sara Lee In 1935 Charles Lubin and his brother-in-law started up a string of bakeries called “Community Bake Shop”‚ years later the company’s
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1. eBay is one of the only major Internet “pure plays” to consistently make a profit from its inception. What is eBay’s e-business model and why has it been so successful? e-bay so successful cause it offers all you need with lower prices than any other place‚ and some times used items are new no one really used but bough with mistake usually we through them out but e-bay used this in information technology way‚ e-bay used the technology of website and online payment and offer you the way to how
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Meg Whitman‚ CEO of the internet auction site eBay‚ displays several traits of both charismatic and transformational leadership. Whitman moved from a tightly structured‚ traditional button-down corporate environment at Hasbro ’s Playskool division into the T-shirt and jeans atmosphere of an internet start-up company without missing a beat. In doing so‚ she illustrated that sometimes it is more important to have a vision and the willingness to commit to that vision than to have targeted knowledge
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were summoned by the founder of the company and were given a secret mission: develop a C2C Internet auction site in three months or less to counter the much celebrated entry of eBay into the Chinese market. The new company was named Taobao‚ meaning “treasure hunting.” At that time‚ the mission was almost impossible: eBay is the Goliath of the e-commerce
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BUS 200 Week 7 Assignment Strayer University How eBay Stays Connected to Its Community 1. What macro-barriers and micro-barriers might hinder successful communication between Meg Whitman and eBay users? What do you suggest she do to address these potential barriers? A macro-barrier that might hinder communication could be the constant need to learn new concepts which cut down on the time available. A way to address this barrier would be to train your personnel at different times leaving
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