Case: Taobao VS eBay China This case deals with the competition of dominant position in China’s online market between domestic player Taobao and global internet C2C service leader eBay. EachNet was copyed from eBay’s business model. As it confronted the difficulties raising capital‚ eBay entered China with its acquisition of the EachNet in 2002. The previous Chinese operation was changed significantly to align it with eBay worldwide systems including listing categorization‚ location of servers
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companies announce false CSR values in order to gain social reputation and government support‚ thus it is necessary to assess the authenticity of corporate CSR. The main goal of this Corporate Social Audit is to identify the specific CSR aspects that Alibaba Group claims to contribute‚ assess whether or not it is doing what it claims to do‚ and make a statement on its major strengths and weaknesses when fulfilling their social responsibility. As the largest
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Research on how information System Technology give it competitive advantage. Done By: Neo Lai Shun FTDICT216 Page Number 1. What Are Information Systems (IS)? Page 2 2. Introduction to Business information System Page 2 3. How Does Alibaba Make Money? Page 4‚5 4. Advantages and Disadvantages of B2B and B2C Page 5 5. Conclusion Page 5 6. References Page 6 What Are Information Systems (IS)? A lot of organizations work with large great amounts of data. Data are basic values or facts
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CASE: IB-88 DATE: 01/04/10 TAOBAO VS. EBAY CHINA Ten to 15 years from now‚ I think China can be eBay ’s largest market on a global basis…. We think China has tremendous long-term potential and we want to do everything we can to maintain 1 our No. 1 position. — Meg Whitman‚ eBay CEO‚ 2004 By 2008‚ Jack Ma‚ CEO of Alibaba.com Inc.‚ was in a position to consider how to fortify Taobao’s dominant position in China’s online consumer-to-consumer (C2C) market. Ma and his company had come a long way
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TripAdvisor was founded in February 2000 by Stephen Kaufer‚ Langley Steinert‚ and several others. Stephen Kaufer says the original idea wasn’t a user generated social media site to swap reviews. " We started as a site where we were focused more on those official words from guidebooks or newspapers or magazines. We also had a button in the very beginning that said visitors add your own review and boy did that just take off. Pretty soon the number of average consumer reviews far surpassed the number
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Describe the SWOT analysis and the VRIO model and compare them. Highlight their main similarities and differences. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.) Student’s Response The SWOT analysis is used to describe the Strength‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats that face a corporation. The purpose of this analysis is to identify the particular competencies that the corporation has as well as to identify the opportunities that they are facing but unable to take advantage of due to the
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Pivot of Supporting The Loan th The 17 “Hanju” Cup Financial Case Analysis Contest Analysis Report FINANCING ALIBABA’S BUYOUT： Case Report Name： Title： SYNDICATED LOAN IN ASIA PIVOT OF SUPPORTING THE LOAN Team Name： WINNERS DATE: 2014/10/20 1 Pivot of Supporting The Loan Context Abstract ..................................................................................................................................................3 1. Macro and Industry Analysis ...................
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Distinctive Competencies The VRIO analysis is helpful in determining if a resource or capability leads to competitive advantage (Middleton‚ 2004). Resources/Capabilities Valuable? Rare? Costly to Imitate? Exploited by Organization Competitive Implications Strength or Weakness Key Account Management Initiative Yes Yes Yes Yes Sustained Competitive Advantage Strength and Sustainable Distinctive Competence Recruitment Process Yes Yes No No Temporary Competitive Advantage Strength and Distinctive
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Business: Taobao online trading platform Strengths: 1. The leading individual trading online platform in Asia provided B2C and C2C e-commerce business model. 2. Create (Lead) a convenient and easy online shopping channel for consumer without using traditional retail channels. 3. Connect with a reliable payment method and online trading & paying system (Alipay支付寶) 4. A well-known brand for online trading platform in business field that can attract businesses to join and be the alliance with
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September 29‚ 1496 and died in September 12‚ 1560. He full name was Gustav Ericsson Vasa and he was the king of Sweden from 1523-1560. You’re probably wondering about the government of Sweden‚ well let’s talk about it! As many of you think Sweden has been the name for Sweden forever but you guessed wrong! Sweden’s original/official name was first Konungariket Sverige‚ it means The Kingdom of Sweden. Sweden is a parliamentary democracy government. Elections are held for 4 years‚ about 7 million have
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