1. Why has eBay struggled in Japan‚ China and other Asia markets? eBay is an online auction service whose business model is ideally suited to the Web. EBay stores no inventory and ships no products. Instead‚ it derives its revenue from the movement of information‚ an ideal task for the Internet. EBay has taken its model to numerous foreign markets and been successful‚ particularly in England‚ France‚ and Germany‚ however‚ eBay has failed to achieve the same success in the Asian markets. There
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than 94 million active users globally‚ eBay is the world’s largest online marketplace‚ where practically anyone can buy and sell practically anything. Founded in 1995‚ eBay connects a diverse and passionate community of individual buyers and sellers‚ as well as small businesses. Their collective impact on e-commerce is staggering: In 2010‚ the total worth of goods sold on eBay was $62 billion -- more than $2‚000 every second. For the latest stories about eBay‚ including recent financial performance
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eBay started with the basic auction service‚ but eBay has refined OAMs by creating a unique business model‚ with specific features that other OAMs do not offer. First of all‚ eBay makes money by helping buyers meet sellers‚ where individuals can advertise items that they would want to sell and buyers can contact the sellers directly. Sellers ship the items directly to the highest bidder. Then‚ to ensure an safe online auction environment (sellers are paid for what they sell)‚ eBay has worked with
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com to compete in the general consumer online auction market against eBay in China. After four years of an intensive and expensive battle‚ eBay withdrew from China completely. In about 200 words‚ describe the advantages Alibaba.com might have had over eBay in this new market‚ and then describe the advantages eBay might have had over Alibaba.com. Be sure to discuss lock-in effects where appropriate. Alibaba has advantages over eBay. Alibaba is already well known in their country. Alibaba’s Fees were
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greatest opportunity in eBay is the quick development of online sales‚ most people find it hassle-free to shop online and because of that they tend to shop online and one of it is eBay. While the threat is the low entry barrier for aggressive competition‚ the competitors will make promos that will lure the customer of eBay to buy to them and it will lessen the customers of eBay and it will be a great threat to them. What are the company’s greatest strengths and weaknesses? -The company’s strengths
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Competitive Strategic Management (QGM6163) | eBay Inc.: Bidding for the Future | | | | | | Introduction Founded on 1995 by Pierre Omidyar‚ eBay was considered a pioneer in the online auction industry whereby people are brought together on a local‚ national and international basis to serve the purpose of creating a person-to-person community where ever individual could have an equal access through the same medium which is the Internet. eBay offers wide varieties of products and
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December 2010 Submitted by: Atika Imtiaz (7184)‚Hira Sarwar (7208)‚ Khadija Tahir (7554)‚ M. Waqas Moghul (7727)‚ Natasha Akber (7546)‚Shayan Rasool(8093) Submitted to: Mr. AbdulQadir Molvi | Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3 eBay 4 INTRODUCTION TO eBAY : 5 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE CASE: 7 PORTER’S FIVE – FORCES MODEL: 11 RIVALRY AMONGST COMPETING SELLERS: 12 SUPPLIERS 13 THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES 14 BUYERS 14 THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS 15 INTERNAL AUDIT: 17 EXTERNAL AUDIT 19
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leader in the online auction industry‚ eBay has been able to grow the business significantly in the last decade amidst turbulent times for many contemporary dotcom companies. EBay’s strategy to focus on a niche market and differentiate itself through strong brand management and continuous improvement in the value-added services has enabled the company to defend the market leadership in the industry. While many new competitors have entered into the industry‚ eBay continued to set its sight in serving
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Analysis eBay in 2002: The Challenges of Sustained Growth Tables of Content IDENTIFICATION 3 OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION 3 EBAY’S CURRENT STRATEGY 5 ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION 7 COMPETITION ANALYSIS 7 FINANCES 9 MARKETING 12 OPERATIONS 13 MANAGEMENT 13 COMPANY’S VALUE CHAIN 14 SWOT ANALYSIS 14 KEY ISSUES 15 ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS .. 16 RECOMENDATION AND ACTION PLAN . .. 17 Identification Overview of The Situation eBay‚ an early
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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 (sources : ebay – wikipedia)
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