EBay Case Analysis Step One: Read. Step 2: Dupont Ratio and Financial Analysis o Two year Financial Ratio o Short Term o Current Ratio 2002: 1‚468‚458/386‚224= 3.8 2001= 4.9 o Long Term o Total Debt Ratio Total ass. Total equity/ Total ass. 2002= .1377 2001= .1485771 o Asset Utilization‚ or turnover ratios o Total Asset Turnover Sales/ total assets 2002= .29 2001= o Profitability o Return on assets= net income/ total assets o 2002= .0117 o 2001= .053885
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December 2010 Submitted by: Atika Imtiaz (7184)‚Hira Sarwar (7208)‚ Khadija Tahir (7554)‚ M. Waqas Moghul (7727)‚ Natasha Akber (7546)‚Shayan Rasool(8093) Submitted to: Mr. AbdulQadir Molvi | Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3 eBay 4 INTRODUCTION TO eBAY : 5 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE CASE: 7 PORTER’S FIVE – FORCES MODEL: 11 RIVALRY AMONGST COMPETING SELLERS: 12 SUPPLIERS 13 THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES 14 BUYERS 14 THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS 15 INTERNAL AUDIT: 17 EXTERNAL AUDIT 19
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SERVICES What services does eBay provide? 1.1- THE ONLINE AUCTION MARKETPLACE Hailed as “The Customer Marketplace” by the Harvard Business Review authors‚ eBay provides an online auction platform for individual buyers and sellers‚ small businesses and larger corporations to get connected‚ trade and interact with each other. When Pierre Omidyar originally founded eBay in 1995‚ he was merely helping his wife sell her old Pez dispensers by connecting her to potential buyers. eBay remains true to providing
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DE 116 Assignments #1 Questions: 1. The marketing concept is based on an understanding that a sale is depended on a customer’s decision to purchase a product to meet an unsatisfied need. Marketing is a process that concentrates on not just selling products‚ services‚ or ideas but also on delivering value and the utmost benefit to customers. The basic ideas underlying the marketing concept are first; Focusing on customer wants and needs so that the organization can distinguish its offerings from
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Juan Tisera Case38 – eBay 1) EBay pursue international growth through acquisitions and partnership in related and unrelated business. eBay goal was to expand its international presence in an effort to create an on line global marketplace. In many of this international website‚ eBay had to adapt and provide local language and currency options to gain popularity. The best approach that eBay had was by forming partnership with local companies. This strategy helps them to understand local cultures
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website that allows people and corporations to buy and sell a variety of products and services internationally. EBay makes money by charging fees to sellers‚ however it is free to shop and place bids. Till date EBay has presence including partnerships and investments‚ with more than 90 million users worldwide. At the start of 2002‚ they used PayPal as their online payment method. Background/History A computer programmer called Pierre Omidyar‚ started EBay in his living room in the year and month
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Zheng Executive Summary Background eBay Inc history: September 1995: funded as a sole proprietorship. May 1996: incorporated in California. April 1998: reincorporated in Delaware. September 1998: completion of initial public offering October 2002: acquired PayPal Product Online Auction: Every day‚ 24 hours a day‚ 7 days a week‚ 365 days a year‚ millions of people from all over the world go shopping at online auctions. This is not an exaggeration - eBay‚ with a 76% share of the auction site
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Competitive Strategic Management (QGM6163) | eBay Inc.: Bidding for the Future | | | | | | Introduction Founded on 1995 by Pierre Omidyar‚ eBay was considered a pioneer in the online auction industry whereby people are brought together on a local‚ national and international basis to serve the purpose of creating a person-to-person community where ever individual could have an equal access through the same medium which is the Internet. eBay offers wide varieties of products and
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the report starts with PESTEL analysis to how macro environments impacts on eBay. It found that globalisation‚ consumer buying patterns and increase of the number of internet shoppers have positive impacts on eBay. However‚ e-commerce tax would impact on eBay negatively due to may impact on the price of services. The report shows the Porter’s five forces whether the industry has a high barrier entry. It found that eBay is on strong competitive position. Finally‚ the report explains where the industry
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force about Ebay The risk of entry by potential competitors is relatively high due to low barriers to entry. New competitors can launch new sites at a nominal cost using commercially available software. This low barrier to entry will cause competition to intensify in the future. Also due to the broad range of products sold at eBay there is many more opportunities for new competitors to enter in more specific market segments. The degree of rivalry among established companies within eBay抯 industry
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