MONTHLY M&A INSIDER OCTOBER 2012 A MERGERMARKET REPORT ON GLOBAL M&A ACTIVITY EDITION CONTENTS GLOBAL OVERVIEW AMERICAS: LATIN AMERICA NORTH AMERICA ASIA-PACIFIC EUROPE MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA ABOUT MERRILL CORPORATION 01 09 18 29 41 52 62 MONTHLY M&A INSIDER Part of The Mergermarket Group MERGERMARKET www.mergermarket.com 80 Strand London‚ WC2R 0RL United Kingdom t: +44 (0)20 7059 6100 f: +44 (0)20 7059 6101 sales@mergermarket.com 11 West 19th Street 2nd fl. New York‚ NY
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E-commerce has quickly grown into a giant shopping force‚ with eBay and Amazon.com leading the way; both websites offer similar services in different manners. eBay focuses on being an online auction site where people are able to bid on the items they want‚ attempting to find the best deal‚ while Amazon.com is store-based‚ where items are sold at set prices. This study aims to compare the ease of completing four tasks both websites offer‚ registering an account‚ buying‚ selling‚ and reviewing an item
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7/30/2013 eBay‚ Inc. and Amazon.com (A) Situation of the case: eBay is now faced with a direct competitor‚ Amazon.com. Even though Amazon.com has received most of the hype and publicity surrounding e-commerce‚ eBay has also built an innovative business truly sited to the internet. Initially‚ Amazon’s goal was to be the “Earth’s Biggest Bookstore” Since then‚ the company also entered music‚ video‚ toys and electronics business‚ extending the retail capabilities it had developed for books. Meanwhile
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Internal Factor Evaluation for eBay Inc.‚ Key Internal Factor | Weight | Rating | Weighted Score | Internal Strengths1.) eBay offers the largest on-line market place operating on a global scale (largest on-line auction forum).2.) Diversity of product categories within the marketplace provides choice and caters for multiple demographic groups within the marketing mix.3.) eBay is a leading global brand for online auction.4.) eBay have a strong brand which is coupled with strong marketing at key
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Introduction This essay focuses on the case analysis of the demise of Borders Group‚ specifically‚ its business response towards the choice of liquidation of physical stores and the transformation to digital stores at the beginning of 2011. To evaluate this business response‚ industry development‚ corporates’ core competency and Borders’ financial position are set up as the evaluation criteria. Also‚ three relative recommendations are put forward in the end on the purpose of improving the quality
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A report on Ebay and Taobao. Ebay v/s Taobao Critically evaluate eBay’s chosen market entry strategies‚ into the Chinese ‘C2C’ market‚ determining the shortcomings of the strategies deployed during the case study period. When entering into a new market‚ there are many aspects that must be considered in order for a company to be successful. Through this case study we will look at how eBay developed their market strategy using the concept of six key factors timing‚ location‚ marketing
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character is the young noblewoman Ophelia. Often overlooked whilst residing in Hamlet’s shadow‚ Ophelia and her eventual madness is a tragedy in itself. Although‚ this unhealthy balance is perhaps only one of the many circumstances that lead to her demise. Ophelia is the subject of much more than just an unstable relationship‚ which makes her death the
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pros and cons of eBay’s playbook strategy. Pros of eBay’s playbook strategy are: • Develops suggestions as to how to drive traffic to the local eBay site through ads at a country’s most popular Web sites and search engines (as stated) • Dictates that products‚ info‚ and chat groups be created by buyers and sellers in that country (as stated) • eBay becomes part of the country’s internet because of the playbook • avoids problems associated with a cookie-cutter approach (as stated) - (avoids
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season or overstocked products at a fixed price. Also‚ they rely heavily on paypal for revenue since you absolutely must have a paypal to purchase from eBay as all transactions go through them. A portion of the fees goes to eBay. 2. What are the problems that eBay is currently facing? How is eBay trying to solve these problems? A problem that eBay is currently facing is the continued growth of Bill Me Later (BML). It increases overall risk for the company putting downward pressure on stock price
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CASE PRESENTATION 1 APPLE 1. What are the chief elements of Apple’s overall competitive strategy? How well do the pieces fit together? Is the strategy evolving? 2. What are the key elements of Apple’s strategy in computers‚ personal media players‚ and smartphones? Have its strategies in its core businesses yielded success? Explain. 3. What does a competitive strength assessment reveal about Apple’s computer business‚ as compared to the leaders in the personal computer industry? Use the
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