Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3 eBay 4 INTRODUCTION TO eBAY : 5 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE CASE: 7 PORTER’S FIVE – FORCES MODEL: 11 RIVALRY AMONGST COMPETING SELLERS: 12 SUPPLIERS 13 THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES 14 BUYERS 14 THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS 15 INTERNAL AUDIT: 17 EXTERNAL AUDIT 19 INTERNAL FACTOR ANALYSIS: 21 EXTERNAL FACTOR ANALYSIS: 23 THE INTERNAL-EXTERNAL (IE) MATRIX 26 Space Matrix: 30 Competitive Profile Matrix(CPM): 32 STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION
Premium Electronic commerce
How did eBay pursue international growth? With exceeding 3.7 billion‚ more than a half of the world’s population‚ and Internet usage in the region rapidly growth at 406 percent‚ Asia became an attractive and lucrative marketplace for eBay to expand their business. Since 1995‚ eBay enjoyed strong revenue growth and was a dominant player in online auction industry. With previous experience of extending their business in Europe‚ North America‚ Latin America and failure in China and Japan‚ eBay was once
Premium United States
Case Study: eBay‚ Inc.: Bidding for the Future Jenni Butler Strategic Management MGT4070 S01‚ Week 10‚ Assignment 2 July 30‚ 2012 Instructor Dr. Erik Aguilar Case Study: eBay‚ Inc.: Bidding for the Future eBay‚ Inc. (eBay) is the largest name in online retail and auctions. They have a good solid history and have established creidtbility. They are truly one of a kind at this point in the game. New auctions sites are emerging however they are not to the level that eBay is. In this case study
Premium Economics Competition Meg Whitman
and the behaviours) comment on the activities and knowledge specified within any 1 professional area‚ at either band 1 or band 2‚ identifying those you consider most essential to your own (or other identified) HR role Human recourses professional map (HRPM) The CIPD in HRPM In general sets out how HR adds value to the organization. It describes standards of professional competence for organization. Each and every HR practitioner must know their organization inside out and truly understand it. Also
Premium Organization Management Decision making
Managing Strategic Change At The HMV Group | 1. Introduction HMV Group announced a three year strategic and operational review in March 2007. The primary purpose of this dissertation is to analyse the methods used to manage this strategic change and to discuss alternatives. The secondary focus is to assess the decision to change. At a time of change‚ much focus is placed upon developing strategy and not enough on the implementation and management side. It is possible that a ‘perfect strategy’
Premium Strategic management Change management Research
summary 2 2. Strategic review 3 a) A strategic analysis of the organisation 3 i. Environmental analysis 3 ii. Resources and competence analysis 4 iii. Culture‚ stakeholder analysis and ethical issues 5 b) Recommendation for future development 7 i. TOWS matrix 7 ii. The best option - global expansion 11 3. References 12 Appendix 1:PESTEL analysis 13 Appendix 2: Porter’s five forces model 15 1. Executive summary The following analysis has focused on strategic analysis‚ including
Premium Electronic commerce Strategic management
BASIC MAP READING Introduction Maps and their substitutes are of particular value to the military establishment. It is frequently necessary to identify ridges‚ valleys routes of movement‚ and other characteristics of a section of terrain that cannot be reconnoiter in advance. Plans for the future operations must be based on knowledge gained in part from maps their substitutes. Therefore‚ as future member of the AFP‚ you must know how to use and read a map. It is mandatory for you to know
Premium Cartography Map Topography
its repercussions 2.1 Devolution and responsibilities for sewage disposal in Karachi 2.2 Obstacles to coherent infrastructure development 3 Mapping 3.1 The Orangi Pilot Project and a brief history of its sanitation mapping 3.2 Objectives and target groups 3.3 Inputs 3.4 Sanitation mapping methodology and process 3.5 Various mapping outputs 4 Use of mapping and its political repercussions 4.1 Use by communities and NGOs 4.2 Use by different government agencies 4.3 Policy
Premium Karachi Sewage treatment Sewage
EXAMPLES OF LITERATURE MAPS Refer to Creswell Figure 2.1 Literature Map - Security Architecture Literature Map Topic Classification Literature citation Project Management Industry Trends Project Management Terminology Keil M.‚ Ra A.‚ Mann J. E. C.‚ Zhang G. P.‚ (2003) Project Management Institute PMBOK (2000) Ross M.‚ (2005) Project Escalation and Abandonment Factors Keil M.‚ Rai A.‚ Mann J. E. C.‚ Zhang G. P‚ (2003) Pan G. S. C.‚ (2005)‚ Leadership and Vision Christenson
Premium Management Project management Process management
Strategic Management EBay Case Study 1. A). EBay’s greatest opportunities are: a. Long auction time-10 to 15days is too long for customers to wait b. Localizing their website all over the world c. Acquiring Skype and they have begun to integrate buyers and sellers d. Mobile phones‚ social media trends‚ will help them try to keep up with Amazon B). EBay’s greatest threats are: a. Constant Hacking and Fraud transaction b. Copyright problems-companies may
Premium Strategic management Auction Customer relationship management