performance of the firm. Keywords: e-commerce‚ China‚ organizational culture‚ national culture‚ performance‚ strategy. 1 INTRODUCTION In April 2003‚ a handful of top programmers and managers working for a start-up Internet B2B company called Alibaba in Southern China were summoned by the founder of the company and were given a secret mission: develop a C2C Internet auction site in three months or less to counter the much celebrated entry of eBay into the Chinese market. The new company was named
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9/9/2011 CAPTER 11: ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND CONTROL CASE: Alibaba.com ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ( DESIGN ) The firm’s formal reporting relationships‚ procedures‚ controls‚ and authority and decision making processes. Specifies the work to be done and how to do it in line with the firms strategies • Structural Stability: Provides the capacity the firm requires to consistently & predictably manage it’s daily work routines. Group Members: Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul Samad Maniyarasan Al Munusamy
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Question 1 eBay first entered the Chinese market in 2002 by acquiring a 33% stake in its local counterpart‚ EachNet‚ followed by a full acquisition a year later in 2003. Critically assess eBay.s choice of market entry strategy for China‚ listing both the advantages and disadvantages of its acquisition strategy. As we know‚ eBay’s China expansion strategy can be considered as failure‚ despite the fact that eBay entered this potentially rewarding market with caution. This cautious strategy was very
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E-exporting for SMEs Definition of e-commerce “…refers to the sale‚ purchase‚ or exchange of goods‚ services‚ or other information over the internet or other telecommunications networks.” E-commerce includes business to business (B2B); business to consumer (B2C); cutting costs in transactions between businesses and business to consumer Purposes of e-commerce Advertising‚ payment‚ distribution‚ logistics‚ service‚ publishing information B2B and B2C Benefits of e-commerce for SME exporters
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The Collins dictionary (n.d.) defines a digestive as a round semi-‐sweet biscuit made of whole meal flour. 1. The ‘Thank you’ Campaign worked successfully because: a) Careful selection and analysis of target market b) Communication objectives were determined by the communication effect desired and was analyzed. -‐ Consumer need: Identified there
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Open Question集合 (STAR原则，situation‚task‚action‚result) 1.Please give a brief summary of your current recreational and leisure activities‚ including sports and holidays. I am a enegetic boy. I like sports‚ and I’m really a big sports fan‚ especially football and basketball‚ and I play them with my friends regularly‚ I think it is beneficial not only for my health‚ but also the relationship between the friends. Reading is my second favorite‚ magazines‚ novels‚ newspapers ‚ whatever‚ I am
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http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/best-companies/2012/benefits/telecommuting.html CIW Team Staff. 2013. 10‚000 packages from Taobao being shipped to Taiwan every day. China Internet Watch. Retrieved from http://www.chinainternetwatch.com/tag/alibaba/#ixzz2TtkAQmOIIn%202012 Harnish‚ T. & Lister‚ K. 2011. Workshift Canada: The Bottom Line on Telework. Retrieved from http://www.globalworkplaceanalytics.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/03/Telework-Canada-Final4.pdf Kravitz‚ D. A.‚ & Martin
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been dominated by the C2C segment‚ which achieved a market share of 67.7% by 2012. However‚ B2C retailers are increasing rapidly. According to IEC tracker‚ B2C recorded a 74.4% year-on-year increase‚ which is 2.4 times the rate of increase of C2C. Alibaba group’s Tmall lead the B2C segment of the market with a share of more than 50%. Major online retailers are working on building better logistics services and are expanding their reach to customers by implementing multi-channel strategies. Key
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myself enjoying to read. It wasn’t in the ordinary way that most high school kids enjoy. I wasn’t reading hunger games gossiping about Peta and Jennifer Lawrence’s character that she played in the movies. I was rambling on and on about GoPro and Alibaba and how they couldn’t be beat on wall street. I was loving the story that the stocks told. They made me want to know what was around the corner‚ but in my case that was a story only time could
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Fighting the online video game wars in China 1. Introduce case: Definitions 2. Information about China: Country profile: China has a tremendous market for video games. With close to 40 million gamers‚ China was commanding $1 billion in revenue in 2007. Putting these numbers into perspective: 40 million gamers equals the total population of Switzerland‚ Israel‚ Austria‚ Honduras and Bulgaria combined. Today‚ China‘s gaming public‚ meaning people that play on a regular basis‚ exceeds the population
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