competition like in the online auction industry? How strong are the competitive pressures confronting eBay and other online auction firms? 2.2 What forces are operating in the online auction macro-environment that has the power to alter the nature and structure in the online auction industry? 2.3 What does a strategic group map reveal about the positions of the major players in the online auction industry? Is eBay in a good position on the map? Why or why not? Who are the closest competitors? 2.4 What do
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decrease over Rs. 21.69 bn in the previous year. Standalone EBITDA impacted by 6.6% to Rs.30.92 bn in FY08 from Rs 33.12 bn in FY07; EBITDA margin stood at 10.76% in FY08 as compared to 12.06% in the previous financial year. Following are the main macro environmental factors from FY08 that had direct bearing on the company’s revenue and profitability figures: GDP Growth Encouraged by the continuing thrust in investments which grew by 31.6%‚ the GDP growth in the third quarter of fiscal 2008 came
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As a part of the Hilton Group‚ Double Tree has ‘HHonours’ loyalty program. Today this program works in more than 3500 hotels‚ has 50 airline partners and gives an opportunity to its members to earn both miles or point for stay. The HHonours has three levels of membership: gold‚ silver and black with different upgraded system of rewards. Also the members can use the rewards in golf‚ cruises‚ entertainment parks‚ car rentals‚ shopping and dining (www.businesstravel.about.com). 2. Price elasticity
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MACRO AND MICRO FACTORS AFFECTING THE STEEL INDUSTRY (TATA STEEL) The world GDP‚ as reported by International Monetary Fund‚ was on an upturn‚ growing by 5% in 2010 as compared to a negative growth of 0.5% in 2009. While the growth in the advanced economies was 3.0% in 2010‚in contrast to -3.4% in 2009‚ the emerging and developing economies grew by 7.3% in 2010 when compared to the growth of 2.7% in 2009. The growth in the developing and emerging economies slowed down during the end of 2010
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current external environment? One of the great opportunity that eBay experienced is that when Pierre Omidyar realized that the Internet enabled market efficiency by allowing millions of buyers and sellers to view products and conduct transactions. With the help of Withman‚ eBay grew from a programmer’s experiment into a major publicly traded company‚ trading on NASDAQ with the symbol EBAY. Competitors are one of the threats of the company because they are competing with eBay which makes them
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4. eBay is positioned well to successfully compete with its top three competitors‚ Amazon‚ Google and Overstock. Table 1 provides a financial comparison of eBay with its top three competitors. eBay is a distant third from Google with a market capitalization of $64 billion but is first or second in key ratio comparisons (eBay Direct Competitor‚ 2012). Specifically‚ eBay is first or second in several key ratios such as Gross Margin‚ Operating Margin‚ Earnings Per Share and Price/Earnings. The Operating
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eBay Case Study University of Mary Hardin- Baylor Abstract 1. Analyze the marketing environment and the forces shaping eBay’s business over the years. What conclusions can you draw? The market eBay takes place in is primarily the Internet market. Around 1995 the Internet market was just beginning. “there will be more than 500 million users by 2003 and a rapid increase in e- commerce turnover‚ rising from US$500 billion worldwide in 2001 to more than US$3 trillion in 2004” (Fichter‚ 2003)
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deirektor: Džon J. Donahju Konkurencija: amazon‚ Google‚ Overstock.com eBay is an online marketplace where both individuals and businesses can buy and sell goods and services to people around the world. One important thing to note is that eBay only provides the platform for buyers and sellers to meet. This means that eBay does not keep stocks of goods‚ nor do they dispatch your purchase to you. Anything that you buy from eBay will come to you direct from the seller that you are transacting with
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Apple Inc. (Consumers Electronics Company) Economic Environment: More or less‚ every economic factor has an effect on the operations of Apple Inc. These may include; current economic situation (boom‚ recession‚ etc.)‚ credit terms‚ inflation or deflation‚ strictness of interest rates‚ unemployment levels‚ stability of exchange rates‚ stock exchange trend‚ etc. Apple’s business can be affected by all these factors either positively or negatively. For example‚ during the inflation periods
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implementation‚ and control over the macroenvironment‚ discussed in this report‚ in terms of political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ and natural forces‚ by turning risks into opportunities that benefit the company as a whole. 2.0 Political Environment 2.1 Government Assistance One of the major factors that assist in the growth of AirAsia would be the continuous support and assistance of the Malaysian government. Over the years‚ AA has noticeably boosted tourism in Malaysia and has helped transform
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