2011-10-03 Definition of a Political System • The complete set of institutions‚ political organizations‚ and interest groups‚ • The relationships among institutions‚ and the political norms and rules that govern their functions International Business Part Two Comparative Environmental Frameworks Chapter Three The Political and Legal Environments Facing Business 3-2 Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education‚ Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall Individualism vs. Collectivism Political Ideology • Individualism:
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Strategic Management SWOT 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
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EBay Case Analysis Step One: Read. Step 2: Dupont Ratio and Financial Analysis o Two year Financial Ratio o Short Term o Current Ratio 2002: 1‚468‚458/386‚224= 3.8 2001= 4.9 o Long Term o Total Debt Ratio Total ass. Total equity/ Total ass. 2002= .1377 2001= .1485771 o Asset Utilization‚ or turnover ratios o Total Asset Turnover Sales/ total assets 2002= .29 2001= o Profitability o Return on assets= net income/ total assets o 2002= .0117 o 2001= .053885
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Political and legal forces are two of the three most important aspects for a business‚ with social forces being the third. Politics is a changing scene‚ and the rules and laws will change not regularly but often enough. Different elected parties have different feelings about certain business practices and use or alter the laws to change these. The same comes into play with trading in other countries. Organizations‚ especially the European Union‚ have a lot of rules for their member states with
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India – Policical and Legal analysis -Political ideology – A Federal Westminster-style Parliamentary democratic constitutional republic‚ in which the President of India is head of state and the Prime Minister of India is the head of government. -Role of Politics The structure of the Indian government is a blend of American and British styles that allow the government to run smoothly. India has both a prime minister and a president. There are two houses in the legislature called the Lak Sabha
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CASE ANALYSIS I. Background of the Study A pioneer and a market 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
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SWOT Analysis of ebay Inc. eBay Inc. (eBay) is a US-based company‚ engaged in providing online marketplaces for the sale of goods and services. The various other services offered by the company include online commerce (ecommerce)‚ online payment services‚ and related online communications. eBay operates three business segments‚ namely‚ Marketplaces‚ which offers infrastructure for global online commerce activities; Payment‚ which engages in online payment solutions; and Communications segment
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Political‚ economic and legal aspects in European integration issues. Communities. The first step in post-war integration was the European Coal and Steel Community (EC&SC)‚ the treaty signed in Paris on 18th April 1951 (entered into force on 23 July 1952. It expired in 2002. Another two fundamental treaties were signed in Rome in 1957 by the six original member states in order to form the European Economic Community - EEC and EURATOM Treaty (European Atomic Energy Community). These treaties
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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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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 compete and strive to be
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