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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Pierre Omidyar founded EBay on September 3‚ 1995 after many years of successful business in the United States eBay decided to expand its business to Asia; unfortunately business was not as successful in Asia as it was in the United States. (1) Understanding the four principles of marketing will help explain why eBay did not succeed in Asia. Product‚ Place‚ Price and Promotion are rules that eBay did not take into consideration by or clearly understand before proceeding into unknown territory.
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coherence test because they pay too much attention to external positioning and not enough to internal capabilities. They succumb to intense pressure for top-line growth and chase business in markets where they don’t have the capabilities to sustain success. Their growth emanates not from the core but from the acquisition of apparent “adjacencies” that are often anything but and the exploration of “blue oceans” that turn out to be unswimmable. Even in contraction mode‚ when companies hunker down
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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 Matrix (IFE Matrix) Critical Success Factors Weight Rating Weighted Scores Strength A savvy management team and a venture capital backing 0.20 3 0.60 Continuously well financial management and high gross margin profit 0.05 4 0.20 A flexible financial flexibility to pursued strategic acquisitions and alliances 0.05 3 0.15 Good relationship with strong channel suppliers 0.05 4 0.20 Well community building plan and strong brand loyalty and consumer involvement
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eBay: Expanding into Asia John Kozloski BUSN412 Business Policy June 16‚ 2011 Case Analysis eBay: Expanding into Asia Company: eBay: Expanding into Asia Industry: Online Auction Industry Company Website: (www.ebay.com) COMPANY BACKGROUND: The founder of the online auction site “eBay” is a computer programmer Pierre Omidyar in San Jose‚ California‚ established on September 3‚ 1995. The primary function of eBay is online auctions and uses to reach a wide range of individuals all over
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Key factors that influence success of NIKE If a company is able to establish brand awareness‚ they will have a significant advantage in grabbing consumer’s attention and‚ therefore‚ market share. In today’s society where consumers have significantly less time to shop and compare‚ brand awareness is critical. If an established brand name effectively conveys the messages of quality and dependability‚ consumers will automatically go to that brand relying on the image that has been created when they
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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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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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