CORPORATE STRATEGY SMU MBA (PART-TIME) 2015 Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 2. ALIBABA BACKGROUND AND HISTORY 3 2.1. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF ALIBABA 3 2.2 MISSION/VISION 6 3. STRATEGIC ANALYSIS 7 3.1. BUSINESS ANALYSIS 8 3.1.1 Overview 8 3.2.2 Domestic retail market 9 3.2.3 Global wholesale market (Alibaba.com) 16 3.2.4 Domestic wholesale market (1688.com) 17 3.2.5 Global retail market(AliExpress.com) 18 3.2.6 Cloud computing and Internet Infrastructure 19 3.2.7 Others
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with performance and the power of shareholders in setting it and how well it is being disclosed. Talking about the corporate governance structure of Alibaba Group Holdings Limited‚ it could be first looking into the Board of Directors’ and its special “Partnership System” of Alibaba Group. Alibaba was founded in 1999 by Former English Teacher‚ Jack Ma‚ and his associates and it is nowadays the world’s largest E-Commerce Company. According to the Wall Street Journal‚ the company currently handles
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Case: Alibaba Competing in China and Beyond Electric commerce (e-commerce) is the buying and selling of products or services over an electronic medium like the internet. The advantages of e-commerce are speedy transactions‚ less travel‚ low operational costs‚ ability to reach a large customer base‚ and round the clock buying and selling. Some of the disadvantages of e-commerce are the minimum amounts of customer to company interactions which leads to trust issues‚ e-commerce is prone to fraud and
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Alibaba e-commerce mode of study Abstract: "Alibaba" has experienced eight years of comprehensive development the establishment of a unique business model‚ and a new interpretation of e-commerce‚ launched a new Internet business model - Alibaba model. This new network business model not only for manufacturers to reduce production and marketing costs‚ but also to "Alibaba" cleverly avoided because of distribution‚ logistics and inventory‚ such as forming a bottleneck for the continued development
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Case Study: Alibaba 1. Identify a product you would like to import. Visit www.alibaba.com‚ go to the advanced search field‚ and enter it. Select required criteria and click on “Search.” Review the list of companies that qualify. Find a suitable seller. Analyze this process for ease‚ usefulness‚ and potential value. I was looking into importing Football jerseys for semi-pro football teams here in the United States. During the search process of the entire venture was very simple it is all
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Alibaba: Competing in China and Beyond Individual Report Intercultural Management Professor: Dr. Jacobo Ramirez Aalto University School of Economics Bachelor´s Degree Program in International Business Mikkeli Campus September 3‚ 2012 Matti Uusivirta Introduction In this report I will examine the case “Alibaba: Competing in China and Beyond.” Alibaba under the leadership of Jack Ma‚ its founder has transformed into one of the most successful e-commerce companies in China. In
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SMB’ save a handful amount of money; by being registered to Alibaba.com‚ they no longer need spend extensive money to travel and meet with suppliers. This fee is also charged because Alibaba.com translates and lists their information. In summary‚ Jack Ma charges SMB’s a higher price because companies like these needs Alibaba.com. However‚ it is Alibaba.com that needs the foreign companies in order to work with SMB’s that are pursuing to do business
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As mentioned above‚ due to the centralized power‚ the central management of Alibaba maintained its initial corporate culture which is the key cohesive force in enterprise‚ ensuring that every decision would not deviate from the company’s target and that strategies are for its long-term performance. However‚ due to this unique structure
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Alibaba case study This type of trade enhances internal management process and electronic publishing of internal business. The value of this type of trade is that it is focused on the customers and provides products that meet the need of the clients. It also helps the people who import products to acquire products that are of high quality at lower costs (Andam‚ 2003). The benefit of using this type of website to conduct trade is that gift packaging materials are offered and that one can be allowed
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Organization Theory – Alibaba case: “Why organizational structure affected Alibaba’s IPO” Introduction and Historical Overview Over recent years the external environment and the marketplace have become increasingly dynamic and competitive‚ with progressive consolidation of the market leaders and continuing need of companies to adapt their structure towards our demanding society. This trend has led Alibaba Group Holding ltd. to conduct some organizational considerations before being listed on the
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