Alibaba Group

Jack Ma and Indra Nooyi share very common similarities regarding their leadership stories which appear to be strong catalysts in shaping their leadership purpose. They both came from rather simple beginnings, Indra was raised by a strict conservative Brahmin family in Southern India and Jack was repeatedly rejected for his plans of starting an internet company in America. Not deterred by that experience Jack then returned to China with no money but a solid business idea. While it is clear in watching

CASE: IB-88 DATE: 01/04/10 TAOBAO VS. EBAY CHINA Ten to 15 years from now, I think China can be eBay 's largest market on a global basis…. We think China has tremendous long-term potential and we want to do everything we can to maintain 1 our No. 1 position. — Meg Whitman, eBay CEO, 2004 By 2008, Jack Ma, CEO of Alibaba.com Inc., was in a position to consider how to fortify Taobao’s dominant position in China’s online consumer-to-consumer (C2C) market. Ma and his company had come a long way

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5W1H What is Alibaba? Alibaba.com is a trading platform mainly targeted for B2B businesses. It is. It links manufacturers from different countries such as China, United States, Thailand and others with buyers from all around the world. It enable the businesses to search and get for the products that they need from the largest manufacturing hub in the world-China. (Queena, 2016) The coverage of products is wide in terms of varieties and deep in assortments. Users are able to found beauty care products

Alibaba is China's largest global marketplace for online sourcing and shopping. With over 2 million supplier storefronts and an e-commerce platform similar to eBay and Amazon in the US, Alibaba offers safe and simple trade solutions and easy access to verified suppliers. A Chinese company made stock market history on Friday, but few around the globe have heard of the new market giant. After months of promotion and rumours, Hangzhou-based company Alibaba.com (NYSE: BABA) went public on the New

Jack Ma (Ma, Yun), “Alibaba” of China’s e-commerce business As a young Charismatic leader, how will Jack Ma overcome challenges of running a big business and get success when going forward? Alibaba Group, even only with 12years history, is one of the biggest e-commerce platforms for small businesses in the world. Its business includes: Alibaba.com, which is for small firms to find customers and suppliers without going through middlemen, has 57million users, nearly in every country. Another

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

Company Establishment Alibaba.com In early 1999, Jack Ma and 17 other founders set up Alibaba. Alibaba first commercial venture is Alibaba.com, an online platform that linked SME of Chinese and international manufacturers and buyers. The main reason of Alibaba success development was improving customers’ satisfaction by listening closely to them. The proof is Alibaba had attracted 32m members in 2007, with operating profits and revenues of $105.3m and of $289.5m respectively. Customers satisfaction

are vital in the workforce. Hiring and promotion decisions are primarily based on one’s merit and competence. On the other hand, scoring very low on this dimension, it can be said that China is a highly collectivist culture where people focus on group interest rather than self-interest. Hiring and promotion decisions can be based on how close an individual is to the superior

them and preferred different mediums of transaction. Thus, Alibaba established the payment system to provide the Chinese with a sense of safety, contributing to the Chinese willingness to participate in online transactions. Regulations can pose a challenge for businesses operating in emerging markets like China. For example, the internet was highly regulated and was a reason why some foreign companies struggled to succeed in China. Alibaba navigate the posed challenges well and took advantage of the