case study‚ eBay should acquire Kruse. The eBay case is about the first CEO of eBay‚ Meg Whitman and potential cultural impact of Kruse purchase on two groups: the user community and the eBay associates‚ especially the management team. Meg Whitman was hired by the founder of eBay‚ Pierre Omidyar in March 1998 at a time when the company was still very young and experiencing a fast paced growth. It was the intention of Omidyar to hire someone who would be instrumental in helping eBay thrive during
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BUCP-797-Golbal Business Policy Summary: ebay’s logistics system has problems Ebay’s delivery really has problems‚ and some time the products are delivered slowly‚ because ebay does not have their own logistics system as Wal-mart. They must rely on ups or some other delivery company to send the products. Questions: 1 Dose ebay’s current logistics system has effect on the daily business? 2 what is the difference between ebay’s logistics and wal-mart’s logistics? 3 How to improve the whole logistics
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order to understand why and how eBay has been successful‚ it is important to understand Porter’s five forces model. The model includes threat of potential new entrants‚ threat of rivalry in the industry‚ threat of suppliers‚ threat of suppliers‚ threat of buyers and threat of product substitution. [pic] Rivalry in the industry Because of low entry barriers‚ the market is full of competitors. Yahoo! Auctions is one of the example competitors for eBay eBay continues to appeal to their customers
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new entrants (because of the low entry barriers and the market is full of competitors)‚ substitute products or services (many of the items on eBay are not purely exclusive to the site and other sites use similar ways to do their business)‚ supplier power (there is a limitless number of suppliers for eBay‚ and much revenue comes from suppliers’ own revenue)‚ buyer power (each item can be listed on eBay where a limitless number of buyers use the site‚ and choose whether to use the site or not). EBay’s
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First‚ eBay failed to recognize that the Chinese market and the business environment are very different from that of the West. EBay sent a German manager to lead the China operation and brought in a chief technology officer from the United States. Neither one spoke Chinese or understood the local market. It was eBay’s biggest mistake. Second‚ because the top management team didn’t understand the local market‚ they spent a lot of money doing the wrong things‚ such as advertising on the Internet in
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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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Do you agree with Google and Microsoft that eBay is now vulnerable to their assaults via Google Base and Windows Live Expo? Why / Why not? I do not agree with those contentions. I believe that eBay had already established a firm hold of the online auction and classified ads via the net to be seriously threatened by Google and Microsoft. eBay is the leading global brand for online auctions and it has manifested this leadership over the years since its establishment in 1995. The company
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EBay: In a League by Itself This case tells the long story about how eBay developed and grew obtaining market leader status through the whole process. When thinking back to this case the issue that I think is most important to eBay’s process is their willingness to talk with their customers about improving the service and the website. One example of improving the service showed up on C-306 of the case. It took place "when eBay introduced a feature that referred losing bidders to similar
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EBAY SWOT ANALYSIS STRENGHTS | * Leading global brand for online auctions the brand name is more and more recognized around the world (brand recognition). EBay is expanding its international presence. Consequence : growth of profit * Ability to attract buyers * Volume of transactions * Selection of goods * Customer service and security * PayPal: PayPal has helped eBay to increase satisfaction among customers thanks to the services it offers. The share of PayPal in eBay’s turnover
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SWOT Analysis of ebay Inc. eBay Inc. (eBay) is a US-based company‚ engaged in providing online marketplaces for the sale of goods and services. The various other services offered by the company include online commerce (ecommerce)‚ online payment services‚ and related online communications. eBay operates three business segments‚ namely‚ Marketplaces‚ which offers infrastructure for global online commerce activities; Payment‚ which engages in online payment solutions; and Communications segment
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