...Amazon E-Commerce Evaluation and Recommendations Estevan Pena Devry University E-Commerce for Small Business Introduction Amazon is E-commerce Company, Amazon got its start as an online bookstore, but as the industry evolved so did Amazon. Amazon has become one of the largest online retailers now selling a variety of products including electronics, DVDs, CDs, video games, clothing, and general merchandise in the world. Today Amazon.com is the largest Internet-based company in the United States. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 was the release of the first online bookstore, Amazon.com Inc. revolutionized the industry. Amazon’s initial entry into the book industry was a bold and strategic move competing with traditional Brick and Mortar stores such as Barnes & Noble Inc. and Borders Group Inc. When Amazon.com began moving from just books into a larger variety of products like CDs, video games, electronics it did not take long for them to be in completion with the larger more dominant players in their perspective markets. Amazon is a prime example of a company that started of small and became a dominant force due to smart investments and a strong business model. When it comes to the online market, which many would consider the future, Amazon has left a considerable amount of its competitors in the dust as it pertains to sales and it continues to grow and evolve, Company Evaluation Type of Company Before Amazon.com sold its first book in July of 1995 the world had...
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...External and Internal Environment Priscilla R. MacLomotey Strayer University Professor Joseph C. Chryst Abstract This paper will choose two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in Influencing Amazon.com, Inc., and assess how these segments affect the internet retailing industry in which Amazon operates. The paper will also consider the five (5) forces of competition, and choose the two (2) estimated to be the most significant for Amazon. This paper will further evaluate how well Amazon has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past. Again, the paper will predict what Amazon might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future. Next, the paper will evaluate the external threats that affect and opportunities available to Amazon. The paper will also give opinions on how the Amazon should deal with their foremost threat and the greatest opportunity. Finally, this paper will determine the Amazon’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies; analyze their value chain to determine where they can create using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above. External and Internal Environment All other things being equal, the primary objective of any business is to obtain a larger market share, affect its bottom line, grow, and become successful. To achieve their goals, businesses must deal with their stakeholders which include: customers, suppliers, employees, competitors, shareholders...
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... etc. have opened a new era of innovative techno-entrepreneurship which has immense potential to sustain growth and unfold business opportunities. The prowess of these websites can neither be ignored nor underestimated as this would mean restricting the business to a limited sphere in a seemingly limitless world. Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, activities, events, and interests within their individual networks. The main types of social networking services are those which contain category places (such as former school year or classmates), means to connect with friends (usually with self-description pages) and a recommendation system linked to trust. Although these are being used worldwide, Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn, eBay, Lastfm and Skype are very popular in India also. Facebook with 700 million visitors per month is the most popular social networking websites in the world followed by...
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...Completion 9. EBAY Registration Screenshot Globe Telecom Profile and History Profile Globe Telecom commonly shortened as Globe, is a major provider of telecommunications services in the Philippines, supported by over 6,200 employees and nearly 1.05 million retailers, distributors, suppliers, and business partners nationwide. The company operates one of the largest mobile, fixed line, and broadband networks in the country, providing communications services to individual customers, small and medium-sized businesses, and corporate and enterprise clients. Globe currently has about 48.4 million mobile subscribers, nearly 3.5 million broadband customers, and 858.9 thousand landline subscribers. The company’s principal shareholders are Ayala Corporation and Singapore Telecom. It is listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GLO and had a market capitalization of US$7.4 billion as of the end of June 2015. Globe Telecom’s principal executive office is located at The Globe Tower, 32nd Street corner 7th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. History In 1928, Congress passed Act No. 3495 granting the Robert Dollar Company (a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of California), a franchise to operate wireless long-distance message services in the Philippines. Subsequently, Congress passed Act No. 4150 in 1934 to transfer the franchise and privileges of the Robert Dollar Company to Globe Wireless Limited...
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...Case study eBay, Inc. And Amazon.com Introduction The case that we present concerns two of the most famous companies in the world: Amazon.com and eBay,Inc.. They have become so ubiquitous that probably there is not a household with a computer and internet connection in the world that hasn’t purchased at least one item from them or visited their websites at least once . In the following paragraphs we endeavor to analyze how these two companies have achieved this worldwide success and how they are defined by all as online giants and colossus. But above all, we will focus on how they differ from each other, what are their strengths and weaknesses, what their business model is and how it has changed over the course of time. We will discuss briefly the history of these two giants and explain how they deal and cope with this ever-changing market and business environment. We will start with the background of these two companies, and then analyze the differences in terms of business models, focusing on financial data, services provided, overall stakeholder value and customers’ perception. Background of eBay EBay was launched by Pierre Omidyar in 1995, and referring to his own words, his purpose was giving “ the power of the market back to individuals, not just large corporations”...and his goal was “pioneer new communities around the world built on commerce, sustained by trust and inspired by opportunities”. It is important for us to underline the words of Omidyar because...
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...Comparison of eBay.com and Alibaba.com Thomas Liquori o h T a m i L s o u q . i r e m Digitally signed by Thomas Liquori DN: cn=Thomas Liquori, email=thomasliquori@a ol.com, o=thomasliquori.me, l=New York, NY Date: 2010.09.05 16:57:16 -04'00' 12/16/2009 Professor Reddi: BUS451 By: Thomas Liquori, Danauda Benjamin, and Anca Barbu EBay.com Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 3 EBay.com Products and Services .................................................................................................................. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Comparison of eBay.com and Alibaba.com Ebay.com Financial analysis .......................................................................................................................... 6 Ebay.com Last Three Year Financial Graphs ................................................................................................. 7 EBay.com TOWS Matrix Analysis .................................................................................................................. 9 EBAY.com TOWS Matrix Graph ................................................................................................................... 13 Competitive Forces for ebay.com ............................................................................................................... 14 EBay.com Industry Rivalry...
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...A nation’s economy and economic health is dependent upon its productivity and exploiting all three levels of production: primary production (farming, forestry, fisheries, and mining), secondary production (processing and manufacturing) and tertiary production (retail sales of goods and services devised in primary and secondary production). There can exist a natural ebb and flow of national productivity stimulated by consumer demands (a function of supply and demand), or influenced by government interference and regulation. When governments pass regulations that hinder primary production (either intentionally or inadvertently) then there is a reduction in primary production which produces a slow down of secondary production and a decrease in products supplied to tertiary producers. With a decrease in products supplied the consumer experiences product shortages and increase prices for those products that are produced. Government regulations can occur in the form of banning production as in limiting the numbers of or preventing production as in eliminating the incandescing light bulb and requiring the production and purchase of florescent lights; interference is also noted within national boundary’s such as with oil production, taxing production as in the coal industry which supplies electrical power and overregulation of production such as is used with environmental protections (EPA) or hinder commerce as with the Commerce department. Given some of these influences a nation’s...
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...Term Paper: A Key Concept in Information Systems On a daily basis, for many Americans ecommerce is something we participate in. For example online bill payment, or purchasing from an e-tailer are a few ecommerce transaction we make. By definition, ecommerce or electronic commerce, is the purchasing and selling of products or services via the internet. About 40 years ago ecommerce was introduced and, to this day, it continues to grow with new technologies, innovations, and thousands of businesses entering the online market each year. Since its inception in the 1970's, the safety, convenience, and user experience of ecommerce has improved exponentially. The thought of living without ecommerce nowadays seems unfathomable, complicated and an inconvenience to many. The development of the Electronic Data Interchange paved the way for ecommerce. Traditional mailing and faxing of documents was replaced by EDI, which enabled the digital transfer of data from one computer to another. Partners who were in business could transfer orders, invoice and other business transactions using a data format that met the predominant set of standards in North America. A Value-Added-Network (VAN) would examine the order once it is sent, and direct it to the recipient's order processing system. No human intervention was necessary for the transfer of data with EDI, it was all done electronically. An English inventor, innovator and entrepreneur called Michael Aldrich, is credited with...
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...competitive rivalry. The report continues with a thorough SWOT analysis of the company and follows on to the analysis of the company’s internal environment. Resource base view together with value chain analysis has been chosen to analyse Amazon’s internal environment. Introduction Company Overview Jeffrey Bezos started Amazon in 1994, after identifying that Internet usage was growing at a rate of 2,300 per cent per year (Emerland, 2002). Working from a 400-square foot office in Seattle, Jeffrey launched Amazon in July 1995. By the end of 1996, Amazon has posted sales of over $16 million and served about 180,000 customer accounts, which made it one of the most successful Web retailers in the world (Galante, 1997). Amazon has continued to expand its customer base, and sales revenues have increased every year. The firm’s revenues increased from $16 million in 1996 to $41.1 billion in 2011 (Bloomberg, 2012). Today, Amazon offers perhaps the broadest range of products worldwide. External Analysis The external environment is referred to as the macro-environment. This includes the broad environmental factors, which will affect organisations at different levels. It...
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...FLIPKART’S MOU WITH MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND DGET SUBMITTED BY: CHINMAYEE SHARMA-13BSPHH010156 KULJEET KAUR CHHABRA-13BSPHH011068 ANITHA M-13BSPHH010061 DIVYA SREE B-13BSPHH010149 CHETIKA GUPTA-13BSPHH010154 ABHIDHA-13BSPHH010011 ARYAMITA MOHANTY-13BSPHH010121 SUBMITTED TO: Dr. PURNAPRABHAKAR NANDAMURI DATE: 31-8-2014 Background Flipkart is an e-commerce business founded by Sachin and Binny Bansal in 2007 both are not related to each other and alumni of IIT Delhi. It is a Singapore holding based company and the most of investors are from foreigners, the business was incorporated as a company in October 2008 headquarters Bangalore, Karnataka .During its initial years Flipkart focused only on books and soon as it expanded, Today they are present across categories including movies, music, games, mobiles, cameras, computers, healthcare and personal products, home appliances and electronics, stationeries, perfumes, toys, apparels, shoes and eBooks. They both pooled in Rs 2 lakh each and with two computers launched the site from their two-bedroom apartment in Koramangala, a primarily residential locality in Bangalore where the company now has multiple offices. For 10 days, the site did not see a single sale and then a customer VVK Chandra from Andhra Pradesh placed the first order for the book 'Leaving Microsoft to Change the World’. Now the Flipkart has more than 10000 employees. Flipkart initially had spent 4lakhs to set up the business but it has...
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...business world greatly depends upon the online retail industry as this sector provides customers with many shopping conveniences and time benefits. This paper will specifically discuss online retail industry, and analyze how internet related capabilities have impacted marketing and sales practices, distribution, governmental activities, bill paying, and banking transactions in this sector. To illustrate the changes clearly, the paper will give a specific focus on the Amazon, a US based multinational E-commerce company headquartered in Seattle. Online Retail Industry Undoubtedly, emergence of internet contributed to the development of online retail industry. Business houses realized that internet based operations would be an effective way to expand their market coverage and thereby improve market share. However, companies identified that technological innovations and efficient management are two components necessary for ensuring successful business operations. Historically, online retail industry has been established and grown in the United States very fast as compared to other developed nations. It is obvious that US is much ahead of other industrialized nations in case of IT advancements, and hence the country’s online retail industry performs well. While...
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... Introduction. (ANAS) 3. Mission & Vision Statements. (GEORGE) 3. Strategic Vision. (GEORGE) Analysis. 4. Competitive Advantages. (GEORGE) 8. Summary of Competitive Advantages. (GEORGE) 8. Other success factors of Facebook. (GEORGE) 11. PEST. (ANAS) 13. Porter’s five forces. (ANAS) 15. Exploration & Exploitation. (ANAS) 16. Red and Blue Ocean Strategies. (ANAS) Conclusions. 19. Final Conclusion. (ANAS) References. 21. Reference. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Among social networking organizations, Facebook is one of the most talked about and the most popular choice for people around the world. It was officially founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 and by 2011 there had been over 800 million registered users, making Facebook the biggest and most widely used social networking website around the globe. With a 90% of revenue coming in from marketing activities and 10% coming from sales commissions, Facebook reported a $1.27 billion income for the year 2011. The total value of Facebook...
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...INTRODUCTION The Electronic commerce or e-Commerce as is known today evolved as businesses (end to end process) started to shift from real time market to digital market. All of the business today as we see is done over the internet and anything which is not there is meant to be wiped off. Ecommerce, the online shopping system has brought down political and physical barriers giving everyone in the world an equal playing ground for their market, everyone can put their products on sale through the e-stores (website dedicated to selling of product, a virtual store). Online shopping has ushered in a new era in the lives of young college- and office-goers. They end up buying all their necessary and not-so necessary items from online sites. With the options of cash-on-delivery, these sites have become all the more acceptable to many people. Online shopping or online retailing is a form of electronic commerce whereby consumers directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet without an intermediary service. An online shop, eshop, e-store, Internet shop, webshop, webstore, online store, or virtual store evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a bricks-and-mortar retailer or shopping centre. The process is called business-to-consumer (B2C) online shopping. When a business buys from another business it is called business-to-business (B2B) online shopping. [pic] HISTORY The history of ecommerce would rightly be back-tracked by the time people...
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...Name - Instructor Name- Subject- Date- Scope of Face-book Social networking sites are a boom these days with increasing number of people signing up on social networking sites such as Twitter, face book and Orkut etc in order to stay updated online and gather their known on an online platform. These sites are gaining more and more popularity among the youth, students, professionals, businesses men etc all have their profiles on these sites due to the fact that they can stay connected with their known ones and update their status periodically which serves as an effective linking tool helpful in domestic and professional front. Globalization has shrunk the world and people feel closely connected to each other with the use of sites such as Face-book, Orkut or Twitter. Face-book has gained huge popularity across the world as more and more number of users register on the site each day. It allows its users to stay updated within their circles, message their friends and known ones, share videos and pictures, play popular games, view adverts that suit their requirements based on their preferences, put classifieds on their pages etc. There are numerous things that can be done using this single tool called Face-book. Since its launch in 2004, face-book has come a long way in building a worldwide rapport as an effective medium of communicating with the world and sharing knowledge. Being a social...
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...Stop: China 17 The Road Map to a Green Internet 19 Your Online World: Green IRL, or #dirty? 25 Green Internet Leaders and Best Practices 29 Where the Cloud Touches the Ground -- Map: Global Data Center Hot Spots -- Map: US Data Center Hot Spots -- US Regional Profiles 35 36 38 40 Appendix 1: Methodology 42 Appendix 2: Company Scores Explained 44 Appendix 3: Company Data Center Facilities and Estimates of Power Demand 64 Notes 78 03 4 © Frank van Biemen / EvoSwitch / Greenpeace Greenpeace USA Clicking Clean: How Companies are Creating the Green Internet Executive Summary Executive Summary For the estimated 2.5 billion people around the world who are connected to the internet, it is impossible to imagine life without it. The internet has rewoven the fabric of our daily lives – how we communicate with each other, work and entertain ourselves – and become a foundation of the global economy. Seemingly on a daily basis, new businesses that use the internet as their foundation are disrupting and often replacing long-standing business models and industries. From music and video to communications and...
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