Swot Analysis Of Alibao As A Commercial Venture

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 (use Key Country Matrix), listing both the advantages and disadvantages of its acquisition strategy (use Drivers (YIP) -CAGE Matrix). 30%

Its dominance in the Chinese online retailing market was achieved through Taobao(C2C), China’s version of eBay, and Tmall(B2C), another popular shopping destination where major international brands like Nike and Samsung have online Stores.

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 the highest-profile debuts since the Internet bubble burst in 2000. The stock price jumped 354 percent on the first day of trading and closed at $122.54, valuing the company at about $3.96 billion based on 32.3 million shares outstanding. While

Many market opportunities have helped the Alibaba Group thrive in the recent years. The location is the first advantage because China has over 560 million users of internet spending over 20 hours online a week. China is the biggest internet market globally (Bhasin, 2016). This is twice the size of internet users in United States of America. China is gradually shifting the traditional retailing in favor of latest trend of e-tailing. The good relationship with the government of China has enabled it to carry its operations so well in the market. For example, Alibaba Group was among the companies selected by the government of China to join the Internet banking. This is a huge opportunity especially where banks are state owned (Shiying & Avery, 2009). The cost cutting associated with the huge volume of sales. For example, Tmall and Taobao accounted for over 50 percent of all the Chinese delivered parcels. Tmall’s and Taobao’s combined transaction volume in 2012 was about one trillion yuan. This figure was more than eBay and Amazon transaction volumes combined.

In 1962, Sam Walton founded Wal-Mart by opening the first Wal-Mart in Rogers, Arkansas. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was incorporated October 31, 1969. By the end of the 1960s, Wal-Mart had grown to 276 stores in 11 states, and Wal-Mart went public in 1972. In 1991, Wal-Mart opened its first international store in Mexico City and has never looked back. As of this year, Wal-Mart has 8,446 store and club locations in 15 countries that serve more than 176 million customers every year (walmartstores.com)

This is partially motivated by Ma’s acknowledgement that “the Chinese economy is slowing and that the company 's explosive gains in revenue and user additions in China have slowed.” While the Chinese market may still have some growth potential, reaching these massive goals will require global expansion to new markets. The US has a population of well over 300 million, and according to Pew Research, in the year 2015, 84% of American adults used the internet regularly (http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/06/26/americans-internet-access-2000-2015/ ), compared to China’s tightly restricted internet. Thus, Alibaba would be wise to expand into this country full of technologically active potential users. Relatedly, American firms Amazon and eBay both once sought a greater share in the Chinese e-commerce Market. Examining these companies provides an interesting lens for Alibaba’s potential expansion into the United States, as these companies faced a similar culture shock between China and the US. eBay attempted this entry in 2004, but failed due not comprehending the needs and wants of Chinese consumers (http://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.uml.idm.oclc.org/doi/10.1002/tie.21739/full ), while Amazon entered in 2004 by purchasing Joyo.com, a book and music vendor. Although Amazon did not flame out in the manner of eBay, its share of the Chinese e-commerce market has hovered down around 1.5%. Both Amazon and eBay encountered

A solid marketing plan is a very important part in maintaining a functional environment for an organization to stay organized and remain active in their market demand. Marketing management can have its challenges when it comes to promoting products that might not be doing so well. Brand imaging, pricing, advertising, and the sales channels all play a vital role in the product development. Managers utilize these tools to effectively gain market share and lifelong consumers. This is an analysis of Global Imports productivity over the last two years.

The stock market, which comprises various stock exchanges, plays a leading role in the function of the financial market (Dziawgo, 2012, p.60). Since there are a great number of issues such as stock market crashes and the bursting of other financial bubbles, Vietnam still has a number of crucial challenges to attend to. In this research project, the researcher will outline the historical background of the American and Vietnamese Stock markets, and investigate the major differences between the HSX and NYSE, in terms of operations and trading systems. Through gathering this information, the researcher will be able to recommend what HSX can learn from NYSE to improve the Vietnamese stock exchange in the foreseeable future.

Market research systematically collects and analyzes relevant information about the target market, thereby investigating the target market, and its segmentation and trends. A complete market research consists of three stages with distinct objectives: exploratory, descriptive, and causal researches. In exploratory research, preliminary information will be systematically gathered, screened, and analyzed. In descriptive research, the key issues that affect the target market will be subsequently identified and then the corresponding hypotheses will be formulated. Finally, in the causal research, the proposed hypotheses will be tested. In addition, the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis is a commonly used tool for market research. Through a thorough market research, the need of customers, market size, and competition will be revealed, which will help the company to make decisions on whether a new market can be created, and how and when to approach the target market.

IPO markets of China and Hong Kong gives us a perfect opportunity to address these questions, since these two markets are very close both geographically and culturally but are substantially different in terms of the ways they are regulated. The institutional setup of the Hong Kong IPO market

The company eBay began in the living room of Pierre Omidyar in 1995. The company was simply created to connect individuals for the exchanging of goods and services. As a computer programmer, Pierre designed what people referred to as an auction web, connecting millions of people globally through the use of the internet. The growth of eBay was quick and continuous, and today is a biggest global internet business. However, with all of eBay’s success, the company has struggled in Japan, China, and other Asian markets. Yahoo and eBay have both similar and different strategies they use to approach the Asian market. China made a significant move

1. Introduction Global competition causes shortened life cycle for most products and companies can no longer take the polycentric approach to international business. If a company takes the polycentric approach to a foreign market, a globally oriented competitor will overcome their initial competitive advantages by blanketing the global markets with similar product in a short period of time. It is imperative for companies to acquire capabilities to generate sustainable competitive advantages over their competitors. How to source globally is a critical strategic plan influenced by the need to compete. In highly competitive markets, manufacturers either produce in low-cost locations or outsource their components from low-cost producers on

EBay Inc is a worldwide online retailer and auction industry that operate a web-based marketplace for all individuals to buy or sell anything online. In order to understand the business environment of eBay, we will first need to understand eBay’s internal and external environment. In order to do so, we have to analyze the SWOT analysis of eBay. EBay consists of many strengths that have made it one of the top online marketplace. In contrast, eBay also have many weaknesses that they are unable to overcome and could have a huge influence on the company’s reputation. There are also various threats and opportunities from external environment that have also have a positive or negative impact on the company.

Introduction: Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese e-commerce company that provides consumer-to-consumer, business-to-consumer and business-to-businesssales services via web portals. It provides electronic payment services, a shopping search engine and cloud computing services. Jack Ma founded Alibaba.com in 1999, a business-to-business portal to connect Chinese manufacturers with overseas buyers. In 2012, two of Alibaba’s portals handled 170 billion in sales. The company primarily operates in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and at closing time, on the date of its initial public offering (IPO), 19 September 2014, Alibaba 's market value was measured as US$231 billion. However, the stock has traded down and market cap was $145 billion at the end of September 2015.

Starting from the pilot project of holding reform to the introduction of foreign strategic investors and then accomplishing the leaping enhancement of listing in Hong Kong, China