Alibaba Business Anaysis Luoweihua Xie University of Bridgeport Alibaba Business Analysis Alibaba group Introduction Alibaba group is a Business to Business e- commerce company which was founded in 1999 by Jack Ma. Ma used to be an English teacher from Hangzhou, China. With more than 40 million users and 5 million virtual storefronts, Alibaba has become one of the most useful online businesses. Alibaba Group’s mission is to connect Chinese manufacturers to other companies all around the
industry including Alibaba. Alibaba’s unique business model is designed to create an ecosystem within e-commerce. Thus, cutting operating costs and reaching a larger demographic. Despite its competition, Alibaba is the leading e-commerce company in China and is expected to continue to grow exponentially. Alibaba (BABA), is an e-commerce business based in China. The company was founded by Jack Ma in 1999, and is owned by an investment firm called The Alibaba
Jack Ma founded Alibaba Group, together with his 17 friends in 1999. Jack Ma was just an English teacher when he developed the idea of establishing an e-commerce site that will help sellers and buyers alike, as a platform for them to communicate, advertise and make transactions. The Internet was still not at the peak of its popularity yet back then, but Jack Ma had a vision. With a fund of he knew that he could help businesses in China to develop and compete competitively in the local and international
understand Alibaba’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunity and threats. Alibaba’s strengths would definitely be the high brand awareness in China and strong brand capability that makes Alibaba the most favorable e-commerce in that country, the same way customers in United States feel about Amazon. In contrast, the weaknesses that Alibaba currently facing are low brand awareness outside China, low engagement with buyers and its revenue is limited to the supplier’s membership. Alternatively, Alibaba’s opportunity
Yun’s leadership on the Alibaba Group. Business environment Nowadays, high-speed development of the technology has changed the daily life and the computer and the Internet have become the mainstream in China markets. The expansion of the Internet rapidly leads the e-commence to develop and change the operation way of Chinese business. At present, there are many people who want to start-up a business on their own. Ma seizes the opportunity to establish a great stage ‘Alibaba’ for those small potential
only ones playing it. Alibaba is China’s equivalent to the U.S Amazon. Alibaba owns stakes in all sorts of things, but operates chiefly through three sites: Taobao, China's biggest shopping site; Tmall, which specialises on online sales of branded goods and focuses on China's fast-growing middle class; and Alibaba.com, which connects Chinese exporters with companies elsewhere in the world (Wright, 2014). Although Alibaba has been well established
business alibaba group depended, where they make money. Alibaba has many other businesses to make money from like, Alibaba Pay (it’s an online payment system which is somewhere similar to PayPal service), Aliwangwang (instant chat service), Alibaba group also invest in film business and mutual funds, Juhuasuan (similar to Groupon service for flash sales). Alibaba operate like a mediator to connect their buyers and sellers and make smooth transactions between sellers and buyers. Marchant pay Alibaba to
The case analysis will determine whether Alibaba is a born global company. This analysis will effectively determine how the company utilizes the five entrepreneurial strategies and how to overcome psychic distance. A further examination of the company’s successful internationalization entry mode and the strategic implications for the company are analyzed. Born global The born global concept focuses on an internationalization mindset from the beginning of forming the business. The business immediately
Alibaba is a leading internet marketplace, which began in Japan. It has grown rapidly and has developed into a well-known name. The firm has a distinct international business strategy. This strategy will need to be examined to see if it is appropriate in terms of effectiveness and their chosen vision. Entering into a foreign market can be very challenging, but given the proper research can be done. Background Alibaba is a large online and mobile marketplace for consumers, suppliers, and investors
be able to catch this opportunity and be the first to introduce this to China. The 2nd richest man in China was rejected by Harvard 10 time and a business magnate and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group. He named his company Alibaba because
online. So shopping online is becoming more and more popular in China. Most Chinese people like shopping online using Taobao, the biggest Chinese online shopping website, also a network platform like eBay and Amazon that has operated in China by Alibaba Group. TaoBao not only enable people shopping, but also relevant to people’s life. Such as people can buy many different things in different shops and they also can pay the phone bill and electricity or water bill in this network platform. Most
Critically analyze the factors that led to Alibaba sustaining its leadership position in the Chinese e-commerce market. Alibaba’s contributing factors include: Smart competitive and marketing strategies, first mover advantage, leadership and vision, local knowledge, and navigation of regulatory hurdles. The e-commerce company’s strategy focus allowed it to differentiate itself by providing better services to its customers. The company put an innovative business model in which customers would try
is participating. Totally, Jack Ma has low concern for tasks and high concern for relationship. He pays more attention to customers’ need and building loyalty so that customers can get best services in his company, and trust his company. Moreover, Alibaba is internet based company which requires employees own relevant experiences, necessary education background, skills, and experiences. Jack Ma does do it. He once said, employees should have superior technical skills than their leaders. If they do
new culture to enjoy a stress free life (Management Study Guide, 2013). The basic assumption of Jack ma is that he provides efficient business to business solutions through e-commerce to Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in China. In the recent year, Alibaba group has claimed the record for the largest US-listed initial public offering and has
There are many sampling methods and each of sampling method has its advantages. Researchers need to select well of the sampling method to improve the data quality and overall results quality. There are a pool of sampling methods to choose from including simple random sampling, stratified sampling, systematic sampling and cluster sampling (Oulte, 2011). Each sampling method can be applicable at different situations and times. For simple random sampling, it is more suitable applying for when the whole
Name: Sukirthan Sirigantharayan IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEM(S) A few challenges that Dow Corning Company face are that customers wanted lower prices for the products which was the “dilemma of the day, but question of survival in the global arena” (Dow Corning). Few customers did not want to pay for the additional service provided and only wanted the product itself, especially if they had prior knowledge of what and how the product worked. Due to this issue, Dow Corning Inc. had created a second
Chinese website called “asos.cn” was launched and the international office was opened in Shanghai, China. After opening China market, on April in 2014, ASOS launched its online-shop on “Tmall.com”, China 's leading online shopping platform within Alibaba
Amazon’s main competitors are Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Apple Inc., eBay, and Alibaba Group Holding Limited. Many of their current and potential competitors have greater resources, longer histories, more customers, and greater brand recognition (2015 pg.4). They may secure better terms from suppliers, adopt more aggressive pricing
a successful entrepreneur from Panda country, his success in berbinis stems from Alibaba site. Jack Ma is the founder of the Alibaba website or a worldwide online trading company, and his stock has even been traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Alibaba Group is based in the hometown of MA, Hangzhou. The company was founded in 1999 by MA, and 17 friends. Then in 2014 and then from the New York Stock Exchange, Alibaba Group's value to US $ 231.44 billion, or well above Amazon with US $ 150 billion
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