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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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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case 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
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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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How did eBay pursue international growth? With exceeding 3.7 billion‚ more than a half of the world’s population‚ and Internet usage in the region rapidly growth at 406 percent‚ Asia became an attractive and lucrative marketplace for eBay to expand their business. Since 1995‚ eBay enjoyed strong revenue growth and was a dominant player in online auction industry. With previous experience of extending their business in Europe‚ North America‚ Latin America and failure in China and Japan‚ eBay was once
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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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unveiled a three-year revival plan. eBay has begun to move away from its origins as an online flea market‚ and instead is starting to look more like an outlet mall where retailers sell out-of-season‚ overstocked‚ refurbished‚ or discontinued merchandise‚ and like low price bulk retailer Costco‚ where the inventory is somewhat fluid but everything is a good deal. 2- What are the problems that eBay is currently facing? How is eBay trying to solve these problems? eBay is not facing any current problems
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Prof. (Dr.) T. Muthukumar PTM1001014 Module Lecturer Business Activity:- The Functions and Purpose of Businesses - A Business Success? eBay was founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar. In just ten years eBay has grown into one of the world’s most recognised companies. eBay is an on-line auction house and market place‚ putting millions of buyers in touch with millions of sellers. These buyers and sellers traded goods worth nearly $20 billion in the first
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answer the following questions: 1.Till 2005‚ eBay EachNet was the leader in the Chinese e-commerce market‚ controlling more than half of it. But eBay EachNet soon lost its market leadership position to Taobao.com (Taobao). In this context‚ analyze the reasons that can be attributed to Taobao’s edge over eBay. 2.a. To enable people to trade with each other‚ Pierre Omidyar created a marketplace in September 1995 which was later called eBay. By mid 1997‚ eBay received one million page hits per week with
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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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