Executive Summary This report seeks to evaluate the major issue facing eBay with regards to its international strategy. This will be done through the analysis of eBay’s competitive environment using the Porter’s 5 forces and positioning in the industry using the BCG portfolio matrix. Following which‚ we will proceed to identify the sustainable competitive advantages of eBay using the resource-based view of the firm. The core competence of eBay will also be discussed. Through an overview of the above mentioned
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leader in the online auction industry‚ eBay has been able to grow the business significantly in the last decade amidst turbulent times for many contemporary dotcom companies. EBay’s strategy to focus on a niche market and differentiate itself through strong brand management and continuous improvement in the value-added services has enabled the company to defend the market leadership in the industry. While many new competitors have entered into the industry‚ eBay continued to set its sight in serving
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unveiled a three-year revival plan. eBay has begun to move away from its origins as an online flea market‚ and instead is starting to look more like an outlet mall where retailers sell out-of-season‚ overstocked‚ refurbished‚ or discontinued merchandise‚ and like low price bulk retailer Costco‚ where the inventory is somewhat fluid but everything is a good deal. 2- What are the problems that eBay is currently facing? How is eBay trying to solve these problems? eBay is not facing any current problems
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Prof. (Dr.) T. Muthukumar PTM1001014 Module Lecturer Business Activity:- The Functions and Purpose of Businesses - A Business Success? eBay was founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar. In just ten years eBay has grown into one of the world’s most recognised companies. eBay is an on-line auction house and market place‚ putting millions of buyers in touch with millions of sellers. These buyers and sellers traded goods worth nearly $20 billion in the first
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MGMT 314: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT 1: CASE STUDY – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE CHALLENGES FACING EBAY IN 2008: TIME FOR A CHANGE IN STRATEGY? SUBMITTED BY: CHAN LAI FENG ONG AINA ONG EE LING ELAINE MGMT 314 Strategic Management 3795457 3794106 3721668 Page | 1 Table of Contents Introduction ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 eBay’s Business Model ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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EBAY‚ INC. BUAD 341.00‚ MWF 11:00A CARMEN CANDELARIA May 3‚ 2013 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Theme 1 Product Line of the Company 3 Industry History and Analysis 3 Major Competitors 4 NAICS Numbers 4 Relative Sales 4 Relative Returns 5 Product Life Cycle 5 Stock Performance 6 Financial Analysis 7 Ratio Analysis 8 Pro forma 8 Assumptions 8 Growth Rate of Sales 9 Asset Acquisitions 9
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Zheng Executive Summary Background eBay Inc history: September 1995: funded as a sole proprietorship. May 1996: incorporated in California. April 1998: reincorporated in Delaware. September 1998: completion of initial public offering October 2002: acquired PayPal Product Online Auction: Every day‚ 24 hours a day‚ 7 days a week‚ 365 days a year‚ millions of people from all over the world go shopping at online auctions. This is not an exaggeration - eBay‚ with a 76% share of the auction site
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internationally. EBay makes money by charging fees to sellers‚ however it is free to shop and place bids. Till date EBay has presence including partnerships and investments‚ with more than 90 million users worldwide. At the start of 2002‚ they used PayPal as their online payment method. Background/History A computer programmer called Pierre Omidyar‚ started EBay in his living room in the year and month of September 1995 in San Jose‚ California. Apparently‚ the reason why EBay was officially established
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SWOT Analysis of ebay Inc. eBay Inc. (eBay) is a US-based company‚ engaged in providing online marketplaces for the sale of goods and services. The various other services offered by the company include online commerce (ecommerce)‚ online payment services‚ and related online communications. eBay operates three business segments‚ namely‚ Marketplaces‚ which offers infrastructure for global online commerce activities; Payment‚ which engages in online payment solutions; and Communications segment
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eBay: Expanding into Asia On September 3‚ 1995‚ Pierre Omidyar founded eBay in San Jose‚ California. Pierre and his wife‚ Pamela Wesley‚ had a vision that included creating a marketplace online where people could share the same interests. This vision also included a format that could create a fair and open meeting ground where prices were determined purely by the market. The site was based on five main values: people are basically good; everyone has something to contribute; an honest‚ open
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