Internet Auctions: Sotheby’s and eBay _______________________________________________________ Maastricht University | | | | School of Business & Economics | | | | Place & date: | Maastricht‚ 08.12.2012 | | | | Name‚ initials: | Guillaume Piront GPJP | | For assessor only | | ID number: | I6050683 | | 1. Content | | Study: | International Business | | 2. Language structure | | Course code: | EBC1009 | | 3. Language accuracy | | Group number:
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successful online business empire. Initially an auction based marketplace for the sale of goods and services for individuals‚ eBay is now all about e-commerce‚ that is about buying and selling products and services on the Internet via electronic methods (using the World Wide Web). It is classified as business-to-business‚ business to consumer and consumer-to-consumer. eBay has successfully implemented all these three categories in its business. An overwhelming amount of eBay’s success is directly
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First of all‚ eBay has to deal with more and more competitors in the e-commerce market. For instance‚ both Alibaba and Walmart said in 2009 that they were launching competitors in the US to services like eBay and Amazon. The problem is that small share gains over time (for new entrants) could potentially pinch margins at both Amazon and eBay. That is why eBay has to improve its competitive strategy. What I recommend to the company is to think about strategic collaboration with global social networks
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such as China and Korea‚ eBay has had a tough go of it. There are a number of reasons for this. First‚ eBay crashed in China when the decision was made to move operation say-so from China to California. EBay also underestimated the strong ties that Asians felt toward the online auction media already in place. In addition‚ eBay failed to understand the political implication of doing business in China. Ebay entered the Asian market in 2003 with the purchase of EachNet. Ebay‚ through EachNet cornered
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The issue(s) raised by networked computers is simple enough to grasp‚ billions of computers‚ networks‚ and people linked in groups of millions (perhaps billions) all around the world. The shear scope of it is difficult to grasp‚ the idea of your information being stored somewhere far away‚ maybe in the US or in India or China; questions of privacy have been raised since the beginning of the tech boom two decades ago. Perception is one anomaly‚ sitting at the computer‚ people do not often realize
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Echo Bay Technologies – eBay International business June 2nd 2010 Outline I. Overview II. Echo Bay Technologies Market Entry Strategies III. Columns for 2007 and 2010: Internet Penetration in Latin America IV. Market features/characteristics of Latin America that must be understood by eBay V. A characteristic of eBay’s ideal or perfect strategic position after 2005 VI. Ebay’s Marketing Strategy for Latin America for 2001 to 2005 VII. Conclusion and Recommendation Echo Bay
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shopping‚ eBay is your number one option for reliability and prestige. With over 60% of all online sells eBay working together with PayPal makes one of the most reliable online-shopping options in the U.S. and the world. Therefore‚ if you are looking to buy something online‚ I highly recommend buying on eBay because it’s easy and almost every product is cheaper than in any retail store. There are four simple steps involved in buying on eBay. First of all‚ if you want to start buying from eBay‚ you need
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1.0 INTRODUCTION The reason for this research is to carry out an analysis of eBay Inc. with concentration on the relationship between its information technology and its strategy. The research contains an analysis of the company’s e-Business activities and its business operations. The report started with a general overview of eBay Inc. where the company’s history was briefly stated. Its resources‚ products and competitors were also described. The company’s general environment were described and analyzed
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Cost leadership and differentiation strategies are popular research topics within the field of strategy and have been widely discussed‚ in particular since Michael Porter presented his model of generic strategies in 1980. Some rearchers‚ in fact‚ refer to this model as being among the most significant contributions to the strategic management literature. Whether cost leadership and differentiation strategies are mutually exclusive is a far less discussed issue however‚ as evidenced by the relatively
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LEADERSHIP Assignment 1 According to (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/leadership) website‚ “Leadership has been described as a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task. It is an organization of a group of people to achieve a common goal. Different business situations require different type of leadership qualities.” Basically we are going o discuss three types of Leadership: * Autocratic: In autocratic
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