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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http://www.ryanair.com/doc/investor/Strategy.pdf STRATEGY Ryanair’s objective is to firmly establish itself as Europe’s leading low-fares scheduled passenger airline through continued improvements and expanded offerings of its low-fares service. Ryanair aims to offer low fares that generate increased passenger traffic while maintaining a continuous focus on cost-containment and operating efficiencies. The key elements of Ryanair’s strategy are: Low Fares. Ryanair’s low fares are designed
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Business Administration Examination number: 402966 Number of Characters: 55.272 Is Nokia’s performance in the Smartphone market affected negatively by marketing strategy decisions? Analysis of marketing strategy choice and implementation for Nokia Lumia in Europe Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences April 2013 2 of 34 Table of Contents Abstract.........................................
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customer information is essential for the use of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 for customer relationship management tracking for both Wal-Mart and the customer and can become a tool used as a strategic opportunity and advantage with a competitive edge outcome for Wal-Mart’s stakeholders to analyze and make a decision as to whether or not repairing the self check-outs‚ allowing for negative publicity is good in the area of project feasibility. Tesco has built its massive Crucible database to parlay
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Strategic Marketing ! TOPIC 1 Creating value Pricing strategies The Role of Pricing The role of pricing Product Communicating Communicating value Delivering value Capturing value Promotion Distribution Price ! Profitability A 1% increase in price gives the biggest improvement in profit 2 compared to a 1% improvement in
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IKEA has cut the prices of nearly 300 products since September 2012. The price of a hot product‚ Skubb boxes‚ was cut to 29.9 yuan from 49 yuan. The president of Ikea China ( retail business ) Jillian said : " The advantage we have is that we can control all the links in the supply chain‚ and reduce the cost of each link effectively so that it runs in the entire process from product design to ( shape‚ material and so on )‚ select the OEM manufacturer management‚ logistics design and mall management
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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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it The Price is Right Pricing Strategies for Mobile Broadband Services Telecom & Media Insights Innovative pricing model Contents 1 Abstract 3 2 Current Scenario and Need for New Pricing Strategies 4 3 Components of Mobile Broadband Pricing 3.1 Pricing Structures 3.2 Pricing Metrics 3.3 Payment Modes 7 8 9 9 4 Assessing the Pre-requisites for New Pricing Models 4.1 Operational Pre-requisites 4.2 Market Pre-requisites 11 12 12 5 Pricing Process to Maximize Value
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Individual Assignment 5 Glitzz: Devising a Pricing Strategy 1. What factors influence the pricing decisions for a product such as Glitzz? Analyze these factors and comment on the range of prices that can be set for Glitzz. Price is the amount of money given in exchange for the ownership or use of a good or service. Firms‚ like Glitzz need to consider the amount of money that consumers are willing to give up in exchange for their products. In making pricing decisions‚ firms‚ like Glitzz must first
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Factors affecting Pricing Strategies Introduction Pricing can be defined as the assignment of value or the cumulative amount of value that a customer must exchange in order to receive a particular product or service (Gerth‚ n.d.). For marketers‚ pricing can be viewed as a single strategic tool that can translate a potential business entity into reality (Abratt & Pitt‚ 1985). On the same notion‚ Avlonitis & Indounas (2005) noted that pricing is the only element of the marketing mix that
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