| 112123033 | Date of Submission: 23rd June‚ 2013 Alibaba.com Alibaba Group is a family of Internet-based businesses which makes it easy for anyone to buy or sell online anywhere in the world. Since its inception‚ it has developed leading businesses in consumer e-commerce‚ online payment‚ business-to-business marketplaces and cloud computing‚ reaching Internet users in more than 240 countries and regions. Alibaba Group consists of 25 business units and is focused on fostering the development
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Management Information System BPMN 6033 The use of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have increased dramatically over the past years. Prepared for Dr. Thi Lip Sam NAME: NUR KHAIRIAH MUHAMMAD MATRIC NO: 814827 MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA ATC/UUM SerembanTable of Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l "_Toc402116437" Abstract PAGEREF _Toc402116437 \h 2 Case Questions PAGEREF _Toc402116438 \h 2Social Media History PAGEREF _Toc402116439
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2.2.3: The internet and IPR infringement The internet has brought about great opportunities as well as challenges due to its increasing popularity across the world. Online marketplaces provide an instant global reach for products by customers which increase the chances of obtaining counterfeit products online. Contrary to roadside sellers and supermarkets‚ online sellers conduct their business in uncontrolled channels making it difficult to establish the authenticity of online product. Sometimes
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Introduction Kickstarter is a website that enables people to raise money for creative projects. People can make a small donation to support the one they’re interested. Rayger is a Kickstarter project that impressed our group on how the two college students had turned a freshman class project into a successful campaign. The objective of this research project is to study the development of creative project ideas and make a strategic analysis of the product. More importantly‚ this project is to help
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surrounded by this miracle invisible stuff. The internet business is expanding and aggregating fortune for people who exploit it intelligently. According to Forbes China’s 400 richest list‚ the CEOs of three giant internet companies (Baidu‚ Tencent and Alibaba) show up triumphantly in the top 10s. Moreover‚ electronic business surpasses traditional retail business. Costumers are more fond of ordering electronics on Jingdongshangcheng website and waiting home for delivery than picking them up in Suning shops
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had 538 online population became the largest online group in the world. since the Chinese e-market is profitable‚ US company ebay invest 30 million dollar in china‚ and failed to again the local competitor‚ taobao. Tao bao was created in 2003 by alibaba group. Soon after‚ taobao became the global leader of e-commerce. As china had a different culture back ground‚ ebay’s “going first going fast” strategy failed to adapt in china. Here are some taobao particularities that lead them to success in china
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Threat of New entrants Through the advent and improvement of 3D printers‚ barriers of entering the industry will be low due to the affordability of the 3D printing machine and ease of making 3D figures . This would thus encourage newcomers to enter the market and customize costumes for customers. To protect ourselves from such risks‚ the e-store will be sure to establish a bond between the community and the designers with our website as the social networking platform. Thus‚ new entrants would find
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Facebook‚ Alibaba‚ Airbnb‚ and Uber are some of the most valuable platforms of the recent years. But before achieving this success‚ they encountered many challenges in the beginning. One of the biggest challenges was to reach to critical mass. Marketplaces in their first stage‚ usually have difficulties with user acquisition. The moment they hit some scale points in regarding total user-base‚ suddenly‚ their sites go viral and start getting lots of users. Many startups die within a short period because
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References: Alibaba. (2006). Taobao Releases 2006 Key Metrics. Retrieved June 5‚ 2008‚ from http://www.alibaba.com/aboutalibaba/aligroup/press_releases070117.html Alipay Chen‚ J.‚ Zhang‚ C.‚ Yuan‚ Y.‚ & Huang‚ L. (2007). Understanding the emerging C2C electronic market
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Baidu CASE: A-197 DATE: 02/05/09 BAIDU.COM‚ INC.: VALUATION AT IPO Since its official launch in January 2000‚ Baidu.com‚ Inc. (Baidu) quickly grew to become the leading Internet search engine in China. After three rounds of private funding‚ Baidu registered to go public on the NASDAQ Stock Market (Ticker Symbol: BIDU) on August 5‚ 2005. (See Exhibits 1 and 2 for a listing of Baidu’s private funding sources and pre-IPO share allocations.) The initial public offering (IPO) turned out to be one of
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