1. What was Alibaba Group’s motivation for diversifying into the consumer business with the launch of Taobao? Does it make sense? Alibaba Group’s motivation for diversifying into the consumer business with the launch of Taobao was mainly because of the rise of eBay in China. Jack Ma‚ the founder of Alibaba‚ observed that the entry of eBay through EachNet‚ which held an 85% market share‚ was a threat to Alibaba. He was especially concerned that the rise of eBay would encroach their existing B2B
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diversifying into the consumer business with the launch of Taobao? Does it make sense? Alibaba group felt that it was under threat from eBay as eBay had a large market share in C2C business. Alibaba felt that eBay may go into the B2B business which Alibaba is in‚ and their business may be under threat. Hence Alibaba decided to go into the C2C business with Taobao to compete with eBay for the fear of eating into Alibaba business. It made sense because Taobao managed to overtake eBay’s share of the C2C business
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Porter ’s Competitive Forces Used as Industry Standards Porter ’s Competitive Forces Used as Industry Standards In business today there are many factors‚ aside from products and services that contribute to industry dynamics and standards. It is generally understood that a SWOT analysis be conducted in order to identify a company’s: Strength‚ Weakness‚ Opportunity‚ and Treat. Through this analysis‚ a company will develop methods of doing business by which a company can
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In the past 30 years‚ Porter’s five forces model has been recognized as one of the most useful strategic management tools which can be used to analysis organization external environment‚ so as to help organization build up competitive advantages. However‚ with the development of the world‚ the five forces model has been challenged that it cannot be continued use to adapt today’s dynamic environment. This essay aims to challenge Porter’s five forces model and to identify the problems which hide behind
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Five Forces 1 The Five Forces Southwest Airlines 2 Michael Porter’s ideology of The Five Forces Model is the framework for the modern thinking about competition and strategy (Magretta‚ 2010). The five forces that any company needs to address in any industry are‚ The Threat of Entrants‚ The Bargaining Power of Buyers‚ Threats of Substitutions‚ The Bargaining Power of Supplier‚ and The Intensity of Competitive Rivalry. The forces are interrelated in such a way that if implemented accordingly
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The Five Forces Framework and Competitive Strategy In this framework due to Michael Porter there are two high-level stages in the creation of competitive strategy‚ each stage corresponding to a high-level determinant of profitability mentioned in the previous section. The first stage is the assessment of the attractiveness of the industry in which a given company is embedded based on a structural analysis of the industry. In this stage‚ called the five forces framework‚ five forces that influence
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agreement to get the players back on the court playing the game they love. As Porter’s “Five Forces” model describes how certain areas of the industry could be affected or affecting the entire game‚ and people throughout the basketball world. The way that I look at this situation and in regards to the N.B.A. and the players‚ because of a strong competitive force in the industry‚ and according to Porter‚ these forces can be a threat on the entire involvement in basketball. The lockout brings forward
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Agriculture and the Porter’s Five Forces Model Wandering across the internet I recently came across this poverty alleviation program by IFAD. For the uninitiated‚ IFAD – in their own words – are the agriculture specialists of the United Nations. Primarily a development body‚ it has been involved in many far reaching poverty alleviation projects world wide. So‚ as I was saying I happened to come across this program run by IFAD in Tanzania – called the Agriculture Marketing Systems Development Program
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Five Forces Analysis What is it? Five Forces Analysis is a tool that enables managers to study the key factors in an industry environment that shape that nature of competition: (1) rivalry among current competitors‚ (2) threat of new entrants‚ (3) substitutes and complements‚ (4) power of suppliers‚ and (5) power of buyers. When do we use it? In a strategic analysis‚ Five Forces Analysis is an excellent method to help you analyze how competitive forces shape an industry in order to adapt or
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Lesson: Date: Words: Michael Porter Five Forces Analysis Michael Porter’s Five forces framework as explained by Kotler and Keller (2011) as well as Proctor (2000‚ pg. 103) is an analysis method that involves analyzing a specific sector from five various perspectives in order to establish the nature of competition in the given sector. The five different forces in the framework consists of bargaining power of buyers‚ competitor rivalry
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