1. How does Alibaba create a competitive advantage? Is this advantage sustainable? a) Alibaba hoped to pool enough stable transaction volume to negotiate bulk discounts from service providers and capture part of that discount for itself. As Ma put it‚ “If one million users are transacting daily‚ Citibank and UPS will come to me. We can offer a discount to customers in exchange for a commission. b) It also helped that Alibaba Group offered a host of services promoting online trade including:
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“Did we want to do the deal? Yes!” This case is based on adapted highlights from date-consecutive articles about Yahoo! by the following journalists‚ in The Times‚ The Sunday Times and Times Online: Suzy Jagger and Mike Harvey‚ along with Murad Ahmed‚ Amanda Andrews‚ Holden Frith‚ Jonathan Richards‚ Dominic Rushe ‚ Dan Sabbagh‚ Christine Seib‚ Susan Thompson‚ ‘Tempus’ and John Waples 19/06/07 Jerry Yang was doing a PhD at Stanford when he and fellow-student‚ David Filo‚ created a website
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Case Study –Yahoo! Inc. 1. Case Title Yahoo! Inc. 2. Brief History/Background of the Case Yahoo! Inc is an internet service provider that services both users and business globally. The company was found in 1944 by David Filo and Jerry Yang who were attending Stanford University(PHD Program). In 1995‚Yahoo!Inc was incorporated in Delaware and launched a highly successful initial public offering IPO in April 1996 with a total of 49 employees. Its stock rose to the high of $120 in
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you were the CEO of Yahoo! And were presenting an opinion to the board of directors whether or not to release information to the Chinese government regarding a subscriber to Yahoo!’s e-mail‚ what would you say is more important-penetrating the Chinese market or adhering Yahoo’s principles regarding privacy protection? If I were the CEO of Yahoo! I would say that every business is in a society and every society has own rules and systems. Yahoo! had to follow the systems of China to set the business
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1. Lock-in effect is the phenomenon whereby technologies remain dominant as a result of large sunk investment costs‚ complimentary technologies‚ and widespread usage. Since Alibaba.com is the first portal market mover in China‚ it will be difficult to create another portal market which is just as successful as Alibaba.com. The lock-in effect causes people to have preference for Alibaba.com than any other portal market because they have already established their brand. Some customers also develop
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Asia outside Japan. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) have been a key driving force in the booming Chinese economy. In 2004‚ SMEs contributed 68.8 percent to the nation’s gross industrial output. iResearch estimated that the number of SMEs in China would rise from 31.5 million in 2006 to 50 million in 2012 (see Exhibit 1).1 Out of these 31.5 million Chinese SMEs‚ a mere 8.8 million‚ or 28 percent‚ utilized third-party B2B (business-to-business) e-commerce platforms. With the Chinese government
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The Analysis of the Impact of Marissa Mayer’s Leadership on Yahoo! Date: June 25‚ 13 Team Members: Manan Patel Tingting Shi Deepak Chintala Kaushal Saxena Motivation Way back in the 1990s‚ Yahoo! was the leading search engine and online media company. However‚ the modern day Yahoo! is not the same strong company. The frequent changes in the top leadership‚ the layoffs and disappointing financial performance‚ made investors and the market worry
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Contents INTRODUCTION Excel Pountry & Meat Sdn Bhd (EPM) which is small & medium sized enterprise (SME) was a subsidiary of PCK Holding and located in Kluang‚ Johor. EPM was established in 1998 with initial capital of RM 3.6 million and main business is to carry on chicken farming and supply of whole chickens to various outlets in Malaysia. Starting with 20 employees‚ EPM now had more than 200 employees and become amongst top 5 chicken suppliers in the mid-tier producers in the country
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Yahoo! Case Analysis May 9 2007 The strategy of implementation of an established dot com company‚ struggling to leverage current advertising methods with business objectives. Jason Drohn Bradley Bierer Carol Woods Michelle Victory Paul Rapela Table of Contents Executive Summary......................................................................................................................... 3 History: ................................................................
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Case write-off Alibaba Group Introduction: Jack Ma‚ who has a foreseen‚ started the Alibaba Company after his visit to U.S. He found that China jump into the online commerce market really soon. The company was focused on B2B business and its initial goal is to help small Chinese manufacturers connect with buyers. Alibaba grew quickly and still growing. It launched several wholly owned subsidiaries‚ such as Taobao‚ Alipay‚ Alisoft. Alibaba group is considered to be a huge success among
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