Executive Summary This report seeks to evaluate the major issue facing eBay with regards to its international strategy. This will be done through the analysis of eBay’s competitive environment using the Porter’s 5 forces and positioning in the industry using the BCG portfolio matrix. Following which‚ we will proceed to identify the sustainable competitive advantages of eBay using the resource-based view of the firm. The core competence of eBay will also be discussed. Through an overview of the above mentioned
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MGMT 314: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT 1: CASE STUDY – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE CHALLENGES FACING EBAY IN 2008: TIME FOR A CHANGE IN STRATEGY? SUBMITTED BY: CHAN LAI FENG ONG AINA ONG EE LING ELAINE MGMT 314 Strategic Management 3795457 3794106 3721668 Page | 1 Table of Contents Introduction ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 eBay’s Business Model ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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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Introduction EBay was founded in 1995 in San Jose by Pierre Omidyar a computer programmer. It is originally called Auction Web and is divided in three segments: marketplaces or platforms‚ payment (PayPal)‚ and the communication segment (Skype). EBay Inc. is available in 28 languages over 225 countries. It has no clear or fixed Vision and Mission statements‚ but you can find a yearly vision in the financial statements. Main issues for eBay Inc. There is no clear issue‚ but we think that eBay Inc. faces
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Strategic Management SWOT analysis of eBay Company : eBay Inc. Introduction eBay is an international online marketplace with a global customer base of 233 million. It is a multibillion business operating in 37 countries. There are millions of items listed on eBay‚ including antiques‚ toys‚ books‚ computers‚ sports and electronics‚ amongst many others. In this assignment‚ I will perform a SWOT analysis of the company‚ then I will outline the strategies pursued by eBay. Company background
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contributed to the success of eBay using the value-chain analysis or RBV concept? In 21st century the internet population started rising across various countries of Asia and eBay is the largest and leading provider of online auction for consumer-to-consumer in the world. Using the Resource-Based View concept‚ we will first identify the three key types of resources that eBay possess‚ and these are the competitive advantages that contributed to the success of eBay. 1. Tangible Resources
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| Case Analysis: eBay Customer Support Outsourcing | | Name: Qiong HuangStudent #: 500423506Course #: MT 8216For: Professor BabinDate: December‚ 10‚ 2010 | Situation eBay.com‚ “the world’s online marketplace”‚ is an online auction and shopping website in which people and business buy and sell a wide variety of goods and services worldwide. It is managed by eBay Inc‚ which is founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar. eBay’ mission was to provide a robust trading platform where practically
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being sold on the website. The main use or objective of the business is to make sure that the tangible goods which are sold on the website can be traded in a safe and a secure manner without inconvenience to the consumers. The most important role for eBay in this entire process is to simulate and maintain the strength of the various virtual ties of the organisation which can lead to safe and secure transaction of the
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EBAY‚ INC. BUAD 341.00‚ MWF 11:00A CARMEN CANDELARIA May 3‚ 2013 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Theme 1 Product Line of the Company 3 Industry History and Analysis 3 Major Competitors 4 NAICS Numbers 4 Relative Sales 4 Relative Returns 5 Product Life Cycle 5 Stock Performance 6 Financial Analysis 7 Ratio Analysis 8 Pro forma 8 Assumptions 8 Growth Rate of Sales 9 Asset Acquisitions 9
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successful internetbased company‚ eBay History of eBay eBay started life out as Auctionweb‚ founded by Pierre Omidyar Brainstorming amongst friends resulted in the overall idea By 1997 maintained its impressive growth but it needed additional funding Benchmark provided said funding‚ and more importantly‚ leadership Ms. Whitman was installed as CEO and Mr. Swette as COO First move was to issue an IPO How does it work? eBay provides listings and listings support
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