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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EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE AND BENEFITS OF PEST ANALYSIS. PEST analysis is used to evaluate the political‚ economic‚ social and technological influences that organizations might face when they are about to start a project. It provides external factors that organizations should take into consideration before they start the projects. In this case study‚ the UNISION used PEST analysis to investigate the external environment surrounding migrant workers; it helps UNISON to identify and understand the reasons
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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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PEST analysis A PEST analysis is used to identify the external forces affecting an organisation .This is a simple analysis of an organisation’s Political‚ Economical‚ Social and Technological environment. A PEST analysis incorporating legal and environmental factors is called a PESTLE analysis. Political The first element of a PEST analysis is a study of political factors. Political factors influence organisations in many ways. Political factors can create advantages and opportunities for
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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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Marriott International Introduction This research focused on SWOT analysis‚ Porters 5 forces model and PEST analysis of Marriott . Marriot International is a leading company with more than 3‚700 lodging properties in 73 countries and territories. [Marriott International] Marriott International manages many hotels brands. Marriott Hotels & Resorts are located more than five hundred hotels‚ two-thirds of them - in the U.S. This is a hotel with a full range of services: they are equipped fitness
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Strategic Management of TESCO supermarket: PESTEL analysis‚ Porter ’s 5 Forces analysis‚ Critical success factors‚ SWOT Analysis‚ VALUE CHAIN analysis‚ TESCO ’S strategic options‚ Core Competences & Cultural Web. IINTRODUCTION The food and drink retail sector represents the largest industry in the UK‚ providing employment for over three million people in primary production‚ manufacturing and retailing. In 2003 retail accounted for 9% of gross domestic product (Datamonitor‚ 2003). In recent years
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PEST POLITICAL ECONOMIC Over the years‚ the Philippines has gone from being one of the richest countries in Asia to being one of the poorest. It has experienced growth and development since World War II. The current administration under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is aiming for a more rapid growth in the coming years. In 2004‚ the Philippine economy grew by 6.1% surprising everyone. In 2005‚ the Philippine peso appreciated by 6%‚ the fastest in the Asian region for that year
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Name: Organisations Management and People Module code: HR 1004 Id : 105353 Pest analyses‚ also partially known as “STEP”‚ has always been undertaking a vital role to every dynamic of all business organisations. Each and every organisation has to undergo involvement and interference of certain factors relating political‚ environmental‚ social and technological factors (PEST). These factors may contain striving from other companies‚ price variation‚ unreliable raw material
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2.1.1 POLITICAL The hotel industry had evolved very rapidly since the opening policy in 1978‚ after that the economy has gradually transformed to a market-oriented one. The reform has created a much better business environment for the hotel industry development (Hornsby‚ 1990). According to Kotler (1996)‚ The political environment is strongly affect hospitality industry‚ political environment is made up of laws‚ government agencies and pressure groups influence and limit the activities of various
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