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 this
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Microfinance Enters the Marketplace by Elisabeth Rhyne and Robert Peck Christen ABSTRACT The past few years have seen an acceleration in the creation of commercial microfinance programs. The demonstration effect of profitable microfinance institutions (MFIs)‚ combined with market forces in newly-liberalized financial markets‚ created the conditions for this rapid expansion. Bolivia‚ Chile‚ Paraguay‚ Uganda and Bangladesh are the focus countries for this paper‚ although the authors draw examples
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EBay vs. Amazon Introduction: In a world where trade is increasingly becoming digitalized online‚ there are new and challenging strategies emerging. This essay aims to analyze and determine these strategies. Considering the example of eBay and Amazon‚ their business models and their multi-sided platforms‚ we can compare them to decide which strategies work in this market and how‚ in the future‚ they can keep a competitive edge as the market continuously changes. However‚ as Amazon and eBay
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CASE: EBAY EXPANDS AROUND THE GLOBE Retail Management: A Strategic Approach Berman and Evans As recently as 2000‚ eBay had virtually no international operations. Then‚ international expansion became a major strategic initiative. By 2005‚ the firm had Web sites in 31 countries around the world – ranging from Brazil to Germany to China. eBay’s 2005 foreign operations generated well over US$1 billion in revenues‚ accounting for 46 percent of eBay’s trading revenues. By 2008‚ 54 percent of
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E-Marketplace Business to Business (B2B) e-marketplaces are the growing trend in the B2B e-commerce business model. Businesses from all industries and countries can gather‚ perform commerce functions‚ share mission- critical information‚ and deploy infrastructure applications that allow those organizations to tie their internal systems to each other. But some companies - the largest ones - don’t have to play in the generic B2B e-marketplaces. Instead‚ they can build their own and literally require
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Table of Contents Introduction: 2 PART A: Chapter Summary 3 PART B: Background and Case summary 5 EBay’s Background 5 Case Summary: Making eBay work 6 PART C: Case Questions 7 Case Question #1: 7 Case Question #2: 10 Case Question #3 10 PART D: Implications and Recommendation 12 Implications 12 Recommendations 13 Introduction: Strategic capabilities have become a source of competitive advantage for both small and large organization. Organizations that wish to survive
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development 7 i. TOWS matrix 7 ii. The best option - global expansion 11 3. References 12 Appendix 1:PESTEL analysis 13 Appendix 2: Porter’s five forces model 15 1. Executive summary The following analysis has focused on strategic analysis‚ including environmental‚ resources and culture analysis and generates strategic choices based on these analyses. First‚ the report starts with PESTEL analysis to how macro environments impacts on eBay. It found that globalisation‚ consumer buying patterns
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eBay is currently the top-ranked online auction company within its industry‚ with nearly one-third of U.S. internet users registered on its site. The mission of eBay “is to provide a global trading platform where practically anyone can trade practically anything.” Millions of people buy and sell items on eBay every day‚ and because eBay is a for profit company‚ it gets a cut of the profit from each sale for itself. There are several objectives that eBay strives to meet on a daily basis. First
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eBay Introduction In this paper‚ eBay’s strategy for its growth through the years 2001-2010 is analyzed. eBay has tried itself to expand and diversify through its various business strategies. This paper would analyze the major strategies that affected the eBay’s growth positively and negatively. Mergers and Acquisitions One of the widely used strategies for diversification is Mergers and acquisition. Companies acquire stakes in other companies and control them. Some companies follow the strategy
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MarketPlace: Handwork of India Strategic Plan 1. Introduction 2 2 History and Accomplishments 2 3 Leadership in Design 3 4 Recent Developments 4 5 Purpose 4 6 Strategic Objectives 5 7 Strategic Plan 6 I Positioning 6 II Product 8 III Direct Marketing 10 IV Indirect Marketing 12 V Operations 12 VI Strategic Capital Campaign 13 VII Budget 15 8 Management Team Biographies 16 9 Board of Directors Biographies 17
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