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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of Yahoo to Alibaba changed over time since 2005? 2005 was a tough year for Alibaba. Because of the US$100 million investment in China by eBay‚ Alibaba and its subsidiary – Taobao fell into a severe price war against eBay which hindered the profitability of the group and much more capital was needed for operational and technological improvement in order to win the battle. Under this circumstance‚ Alibaba formed a partnership with Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo invested US$1 billion in Alibaba and transferred
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Why eBay failed in China The main reason eBay failed in China was because eBay failed to recognize that the Chinese market and the business environment are very different from that of the West. EBay sent a German manager to lead the China operation and brought in a chief technology officer from the United States. Neither one spoke Chinese or understood the local market. It was eBay’s biggest mistake. Second‚ because the top management team didn’t understand the local market‚ they spent a lot of
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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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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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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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Background 2. Business Model 3. Five Forces Analysis 4. The Financial Analysis 5. SWOT Analysis 6. Conclusion 1. Background Alibaba Group(Chinese: 阿里巴巴)has operated in Hangzhou which is a e-commerce and e-auction company and specializing in global trading. It was founded in 1999 by Ma Yun operates total six e-commerce sub-companies. Alibaba Group operate different aspects of trading tomakes it easy for anyone to buy or sell online anywhere in the world. Sub-companies which included:
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Introduction 15 years ago‚ Alibaba is only a small company founded by a group of 18 people. Nowadays‚ Alibaba has been grown as a Chinese e-commerce empire across electric commerce‚ finance industry and wireless industry who also owns 10 subsidiary companies. Besides‚ the most important resource perceived by Alibaba which called Alibabaer‚ employees of Alibaba‚ has been grown to 24‚000 people (February‚ 2014). In the same time‚ as a untraditional company‚ Alibaba has established a strong company
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1. Introduction Alibaba Group is the world’s outstanding business-to-business e-commerce service company‚ which provides an efficient online trading platform for buyers and suppliers all over the world. It is China’s largest e-commerce group which was founded by Jack Ma in 1999‚ and has developed into seven affiliated groups‚ namely Alibaba International Business Operations‚ Alibaba Small Business Operations‚ Taobao Marketplace‚ Tmall.com‚ Juhuasuan‚ e-Tao and Alibaba Cloud Computing (News‚ 2012)
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Compare the strategy of FedEx and UPS‚ highlighting why one is scoring over the other. About China Courier Service Postal services were available in China more than 2‚500 years ago‚ modern postal services were offered in the country only since 1877. Known as the China Post‚ the postal services in China for a long time operated with obsolete equipment and few outlets. However‚ during the First World War‚ China Post was completely destroyed by the Japanese invasion. In 1946‚ the Ministry of Communication
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