Alibaba: Competing in China and Beyond Individual Report Intercultural Management Professor: Dr. Jacobo Ramirez Aalto University School of Economics Bachelor´s Degree Program in International Business Mikkeli Campus September 3‚ 2012 Matti Uusivirta Introduction In this report I will examine the case “Alibaba: Competing in China and Beyond.” Alibaba under the leadership of Jack Ma‚ its founder has transformed into one of the most successful e-commerce companies in China. In
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After thorough research I found chaldal.com to be as a major competition to Mr. Rahim’s e-commerce site. Chaldal.com is an online shop based from Dhaka‚ Bangladesh. They have no physical store. In my analysis I deduce the following about their e-commerce solution: Strengths: • efficient and well organized website • well established brand name • secured site • proven loyalty to interested consumers Weaknesses: • inefficient in responsiveness to customer queries • lack of major imported branded
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analyse SABMiller’s internal strengths through identifying its core competencies and therefore its competitive advantage. A SWOT analysis will then be used to generate potential strategic direction by further analysis of their internal strengths and weaknesses and their potential to take advantage of‚ and overcome‚ external opportunities and threats. A financial analysis of the company over the five year period will also be used to deduce SABMiller’s financial status and to determine whether they
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Research on how information System Technology give it competitive advantage. Done By: Neo Lai Shun FTDICT216 Page Number 1. What Are Information Systems (IS)? Page 2 2. Introduction to Business information System Page 2 3. How Does Alibaba Make Money? Page 4‚5 4. Advantages and Disadvantages of B2B and B2C Page 5 5. Conclusion Page 5 6. References Page 6 What Are Information Systems (IS)? A lot of organizations work with large great amounts of data. Data are basic values or facts
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China’s ecommerce industry. • Global Economic crisis. • Development of a more competitive technology Opportunities – O | Possibility for growth in profits. • Large untapped market potential. • Market share possibility in the US | | 1999 | Alibaba Group was established | 2000 | Launched the Gold Supplier membership to serve exporters in China. | 2001 | Launched the International TrustPass membership to serve exporters outside China. | 2002 | Launched the TrustPass membership to
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market towards the B2C end. Alibaba formed good relationship with most of the brand and established a solid consumer base. It soon became aware of the trend and leveraged its strength by launching a B2C platform‚ TMall. Currently‚ it’s the largest B2C website in China. Moreover‚ a long list of fees would be incurred to sellers in the platform. As more business migrate to the new site‚ Alibaba can enjoy a more steady cash flow. Destination Country - US: On 11 June 2014‚ Alibaba launched US shopping site
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.COM Failure Marketing and the .COM Bust Why Marketing? The .COM bust‚ the .COM “bubble”‚ the failure of companies that “dot-bombed”‚ happened more than a decade ago‚ but the lessons learned are important for the present tech sector. Many investors argue that we are in a bubble now‚ with companies like Instagram selling for $1 billion and hundreds of others getting million dollar valuations. Looking back‚ it’s clear from a marketing perspective current aspects of the products and websites themselves
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consists of both women and teenagers‚ featuring the two categories “Sassy Ladies” and “Sassy Kids.” While the website is supposed to serve as a webstore for the boutique‚ Sassyfox.com has a lot of problems that hurt the usability of the site. For this analysis‚ I have broken the user experience into three categories: 1) Information Architecture; 2) Content; and 3) Design. Designing concepts author Jeff Johnson defines in his book‚ “Designing with the Mind in Mind” will be used in each section. Information
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I have selected http://www.parenting.com website because I believe that it is an excellent pay-per-click site. First‚ this business model design uses E-commerce for content marketing. It takes into account the uses the network‚ innovation‚ and globalization to pull in customers to its pages. The objective of the website‚ Modern Family Parenting Ideas‚ has two folds. It targets new and existing parents by providing them with the literature on parenting as well adverts display for pay-per-click‚ (Parenting
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companies announce false CSR values in order to gain social reputation and government support‚ thus it is necessary to assess the authenticity of corporate CSR. The main goal of this Corporate Social Audit is to identify the specific CSR aspects that Alibaba Group claims to contribute‚ assess whether or not it is doing what it claims to do‚ and make a statement on its major strengths and weaknesses when fulfilling their social responsibility. As the largest
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