...国际管理 International Management 刘意蒙（Angela）2010202124 郑在宪（Daniel）2012290112 Marc-Philip Moeller 2014591083 联系：18610732267 2639015607@qq.com 国际管理 Case Analysis of Alibaba.com and DHGate.com 1. Browse and compare the business models of Alibaba.com and DHGate.com After comparing Alibaba.com and DHGate.com, our group found out that these two websites share some similarities as well as have some distinctive differences. [Similarities] Both Alibaba.com and DHGate.com are B2B e-commerce websites, which provide a third party e-commerce transaction platform for sellers to source business opportunities and make deals. Both sites target small and medium enterprises as their customers, aiming to help them sell their products or buy products from other enterprises far way more easily. In order to create a platform that benefits small and medium enterprises, both sites provide free services such as posting information about the product, providing information about the supply and demand of a specific market, and supporting those enterprises to make product display. [Differences] (1) Value propositions are different. Alibaba.com focuses on publishing deal information online and transactions are mainly made off-line. In other words, a small or medium enterprise publishes information about its products and its contact information on Alibaba.com and when other enterprises are interested in its products, they will contact this company and make transactions off-line on their own...
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...------------------------------------------------- Alibaba Group From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the character from the Arabian folk tale, see Ali Baba. Coordinates: 30°11′31.12″N 120°11′9.79″E Alibaba Group Holding Limited | | Type | Public Company | Traded as | NYSE: BABA | Founded | 4 April 1999; 17 years ago Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China | Headquarters | Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China | Area served | Worldwide | Founder(s) | Jack Ma | Key people | * Jack Ma (Chairman) * Daniel Zhang (CEO) * Joseph Tsai (Executive vice-chairman) | Industry | Internet | Products | E-commerce, Online auction hosting, Online money transfers, mobile commerce | Services | Online shopping | Revenue | CN¥76.204 billion (2015)[1] | Operating income | CN¥22.716 billion (2015)[1] | Net income | CN¥24.261 billion (2015)[1] | Total assets | CN¥255.434 billion (2015)[1] | Total equity | CN¥146.097 billion (2015)[1] | Employees | 34,985 (March 2015)[2] | Subsidiaries | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C., Taobao, Tmall,UCWeb, AliExpress | Slogan(s) | Global Trade Starts Here | Website | alibabagroup.com | Alibaba Group | Simplified Chinese | 阿里巴巴集团 | Traditional Chinese | 阿里巴巴集團 | [show]Transcriptions | | Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese e-commerce company that providesconsumer-to-consumer, business-to-consumer and business-to-business sales services viaweb portals. It also provides electronic payment services, a shopping search engine and...
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...their staff, the unemployment rate also increased from 3.9% to 6% by 2002. The dot-com bubble burst because the boom was based on the false premise that new technology would eliminate the need for brick-and-mortar stores as this new business model would supplant the old one, thereby converting the “Old Economy,” which is based on the production of physical goods into a “New Economy,” which is based on heavy use of information and communication technology. Although a great deal can be learned from examining the dot-com successes, it is equally important to study reasons for the failures. Examining the mistakes made by the dot-coms can provide insight into the evolution of e-commerce as a means of conducting business and furthermore help to form the basis on which new strategies can be developed for the future e-commerce environment. BACKGROUND In the 1990s, the commercialization of the Internet started a revolution in the way business is conducted. In particular, the growth of the World Wide Web has offered a unique opportunity for many companies to increase efficiency...
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...profits. Moreover company policy requires investors to keep their money invested for a minimum of two years. Recent meetings with prominent analysts, Henry Blodgett of Merrill Lynch and Mary Meeker of Morgan Stanley have indicated the Internet Sector to hold promising investment opportunities, therefore Creative Computers and its subsidiary Ubid present potential prospects for investment. Analysis: Internet Sector: Dot-com Bubble The dot-com bubble has enabled the Internet sector and its related fields to yield earnings at an above-average rate relative to the market. Hence the expected return on these growth stocks is great (see figure below). However these investments involve an inherent risk that must not be ignored. Because this sector is categorized by strong competition the need for innovative and skillful business strategies is a must. ** (Note: since our case is set in 1998 it is important to note how the graph assumed a positive trend and ignore the instance of the tech bubble burst) Creative Computers and Ubid: Creative Computers is a catalog distributor of computers and computer peripherals. Its recent business activity included the replacement of its existing distribution network with an e-commerce approach. This led to the...
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...1. In general, what attributes make a company a good candidate for an IPO? While researching the internet for facts and information about what attributes make a company a good candidate for an IPO, I found an article on E-commerce that explained some facts and attributes. First, I found out some basics facts such as, a company doesn't have to have a particular level of sales and/or a consistent record of earning/cash flow to execute a successful IPO. It was interesting to find out that it isn't what your company "has" done, but more or "what" your company will do. If management's story is worth listening to, then maybe they can convince the market, that they know where they are headed, and they know how to get there. This can be done by hiring public firms to promote the new stock, and to keep investors informed of the vision that management envisions. However, I did find that a company should have one of two specific qualities in order to launch a successful public offering. First, if a company has been able to solidify its entry into the industry by differentiating its product/service, then it will be more likely to survive the negative changes happening within that industry, due to the fact that they are insulated because of their unique segment to which makes their product attractive. If a company can find a way to show its attractiveness to a more narrow segment, then it will less to lose in a time of violent change in the industry. The other quality is Industry...
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...following markets? (a) Money Market (b) Capital Market (c) Commodity Market (d) Currency Market (e) None of these 2. Which of the following is the Private Sector Undertaking? (a) Air India Engineering Services Ltd. (b) Bharat Electronics Ltd. (c) Cotton Corporation of India (d) Tata Consultancy Services (e) None of these 3. The excess of total expenditures over total receipts is known as (a) Fiscal Deficit (b) Budget Deficit (c) Revenue Deficit (d) Trade Deficit (e) None of these 4. Which of the committee was related to Foreign Direct Investment? (a) N.K. Singh Committee (b) Chandra Shekhar Committee (c) Dutt Committee (d) Wanchoo Committee (e) None of these 5. Which of the following is not a term related to Banking/Finance Operations? (a) Provision Coverage Ratio (b) Securitization (c) Consolidation (d) Commodification (e) Derivatives 6. Who is the Director of the controversial film "Dam 999"? (a) Karan Johar (b) David Dhawan (c) Mani Ratnam (d) Sohan Roy (e) None of these 7. Which of the following countries reported rare declines of foreign reserves? (a) America (b) China (c) Japan (d) England (e) None of these 8. ________ provides credit history of the borrowers. (a) CIBIL (b) IBA (c) RBI (d) CRISIL (e) None of These 9. NABARD refinance for financing Self Help Groups is to the extent of? (a) 25% (b) 50% (c) 75% (d) 100% (e) None of these 10. What is the full form of ASBA? (a) Amount Saved and Balance in Account ...
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...UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING United Parcel Service’s IPO United Parcel Service was founded in 1907 and now has over 340,000 employees, 149,000 delivery vehicles, 500 planes, and $25 billion in annual revenues, UPS is the largest parcel delivery company in the world. The company delivers nearly 13 million packages each business day (9,000 packages every minute) to over 200 countries worldwide. Question 1 UPS is performing very well in comparison to its closest competitors. UPS has 51% of the domestic air and ground package delivery market share by revenue, followed by FedEx (26%) and the U.S. Postal Service (17%). Between 1988 and 1999, UPS spent more than $1 billion per year upgrading its infrastructure to track packages precisely, deliver electronic proof of delivery, and manage shipments on-line. The new systems included electronic scanners, bar codes on packages, and computerized clipboards for all UPS drivers. By 1999, UPS could handle six times as many on-line tracking requests as FedEx. UPS made no distinction between the operating facilities for air and ground operations, like FedEx. All facilities were shared, including the single fleet of trucks that handled the pickup and delivery of all UPS shipments. The integration of its air and ground operations gave UPS the ability to optimize utilization of its assets while still meeting customer service requirements. Since the operations were integrated, a package marked for “Next Day...
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...E-Commerce From the research, we found that the TUC Stakeholders Pension Scheme has been selected the Prudential to be their commercial partner following an extensive 6-stage selection procedure. TUC found that the Prudential is the one that able to offer the high quality of admin system to support the TUC Stakeholders Pension Scheme and their marketing strategies was developing highly as it can suit the needs of the small unions and small employers.Besides that, Prudential has the experience of providing group pensions and of working with affinity groups. The most important is the Prudential is the one UK’s largest institutional investors and the largest pensions and unit trust provider. This is why that the Prudential had scored highly against the TUC’s assessment criteria during the selection process. The TUC has set their goal which is ensure that TUC Stakeholder Pension Scheme is the best of the market- the one against which other stakeholders pension scheme will be judged.It said by the TUC General Secretary John Monks. Or it can been said that they are teaming up with a top pension provider (Prudential, 27 Jul 2000). By running the TUC Stakeholders Pension Scheme, it will provide a cost efficient way of people to save for a pension of the first time. Moreover, the provision of a TUC wide- stakeholders pension scheme, they enable the TUC to get the better financial deal than would be possible from unions working individually. After interpreting the information that...
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...Alberto Calero Part A – e-Commerce in China vs USA 1. Overall, what are some key opportunities and challenges (obstacles) that confront ecommerce in China? How are these challenges similar / different from those confronting e-commerce in the US (or other countries that you are more familiar with)? Some of the key opportunities of e-commerce in China are: The internet penetration rate in China is growing at a much faster rate as compared to other countries. 25.5% users in China have engaged in e-commerce, while in US 71% has done so. This represents an enormous opportunity for e-commerce services, given that there is room for growth in China. The market is China is still in the beginning of its growth stage. The manufacturing prowess of china provides an excellent complement to the ecommerce market. Online shopping market has grown 64.1% over last year to $1.5 Billion. Online B2B market is valued at 65.7 B 69.8% yearly growth. With these accelerated growth rates, the e-commerce market will developed very quickly, players need to be aware of the stage of e-commerce in China and address the market accordignly. Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute to 68.8% of nation gross industrial output. Only 28% of SMEs utilised third-party B2B e-commerce platform. The government has a plan to increase it to 80% by 2012. Given this, the projected demand for e-commerce is known. In addition , players also known which type of businesses are using e-commerce. They can design strategies...
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...Starting from its infancy in the early nineties, E-commerce has come a long way. Popular websites today like Ebay and Amazon were started in this period and enabled trade to grow without restrictive boundaries.[7, Forbes] For example, customers may not have considered a purchase of a simple item like a phone charger from China, but rather making the purchase in the closest available store. When the internet boom began in the late nineties, search engines like Google and Ask Jeeves connected the buyers to the sellers across geographical territories. Not only did online shopping make the process hassle free for consumers but opened new avenues for the sellers to sell their products and reach out to newer markets and territories. With technological...
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...and try to analysis it. Then the most important part is 4p’s of NREL. Here we also tried to include all the things as service marketing and lastly we try to find out the success factor of the company. Company Profile Navana Real Estate Ltd (NREL), a part of Navana Group, started its operation in 1996 as a private limited company & converted as a Public Limited on 8th September, 2010. Since its inception, NREL has completed and handed over a good number of projects in diversified areas in Dhaka where it is capturing the market for high and middle-income people. Of late, NREL has also started its operation in different areas of Chittagong. NREL within a short span of time turned out as one of the most trusted company in Real Estate sector and has been working in various numbers of apartments, commercial and land projects. The motto of NREL is not only to deliver apartment or land ahead of schedule but also to maintain the highest-grade construction quality that has gained trust and respect in customers. Further NREL is pursuing the motto of becoming “different, dependable and definitive”. History 1996 Navana Villa a 6-storied luxurious apartment project at Gulshan and the first ever land project is 'Kallyanpur Land Development Project' at Kallyanpur, Mirpur, Dhaka. 2006 In the year, we delivered our valued clients 10 residential projects located...
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...Define the issues Infosys is facing. 1. Productivity Infosys’ productivity seems to be competitive compared to U.S. companies on a productivity measurement based on operating profit. Nevertheless, the company performs far behind when looking at revenue per employee. This phenomenon occurs to the whole country, causing the wage differential between India and the United States to be quite significant. [pic] [pic] The solution for Infosys’ performance improvement is to move up the “value chain” of software development in order to remain competitive on a global basis. Refer to Exhibit 6, the company plans to move up from software development to project management with higher margin. To implement this strategy successfully, Infosys had to accomplish the following objectives. a) Increase customer penetration b) Increase brand equity c) Increase the amount of fixed price contracts 2. Globalization As a result of different productivity from Indian and American employees, growth of Infosys is not as favorable as of U.S. companies. Infosys is one of those aiming to be more global and is facing constraint causing by productivity of its employees. 3. Hiring and retaining employees Infosys is planning to grow in rapid pace which demands more responsibility from existing employees. The company is facing a challenge to maintain the spirit of its employees while being able to offer and implant the same spirit...
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...A PROJECT REPORT ON ANALYSIS OF MERCHANT BANKING IN INDIA SUBMITTED TO:Ms. Kavya Saini Submitted by:Kapil Baheti MBA 08/1808 2010 2012 A PROJECT REPORT ON ANALYSIS OF MERCHANT BANKING IN INDIA Department of commerce, kurukshetra University Kurukshetra ( Haryana) Under The Supervision Of :Mrs. Kavya Saini Submitted by:Kapil Baheti ] A PROJECT REPORT ON ³ANALYSIS OF MERCHANT BANKING IN INDIA´ Under The Supervision Of: - Submitted by:- Mrs. Kavya mam Kapil Baheti SUBMITTED TO:- International School of Infomatics & Management CONTENTS Sr.No. Page No. y y y y Chapter I Preface Guide Certificate Declaration Acknowledgement Introduction (Conceptual Framework) y y y y y Chapter II Chapter III Introduction Significance of the study Merchant Banking in India Focus of the Study Conceptualization literature Review Objective &Methodology y y y y Objective of the study Research design Sample size & Technique Data collection (Primary & Secondary) Chapter IV Data Presentation & Analysis Chapter V Implications & Conclusions Chapter VI Bibliography PREFACE The research studies are of a great help in enhancing the knowledge of a person. Practical knowledge is a suffix to theoretical knowledge. Classroom lecturers clarify the fundamental concepts of management. But classroom lectures must be correlated with the practical research situation. It is...
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...M U M BA I S I L I C O N VA L L E Y BA N G A LO RE S I N G A P O RE M U M BA I B KC NEW DELHI MUNICH N E W YO RK Start – Ups: What You Need To Know April 2016 © Copyright 2016 Nishith Desai Associates www.nishithdesai.com Provided upon request only © Nishith Desai Associates 2016 Start – Ups: What You Need To Know About NDA Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) is a research based international law firm with offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Silicon Valley, Singapore, New Delhi, Munich & New York. We specialize in strategic legal, regulatory and tax advice coupled with industry expertise in an integrated manner. We focus on niche areas in which we provide significant value and are invariably involved in select highly complex, innovative transactions. Our key clients include marquee repeat Fortune 500 clientele. Our practice areas include Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity Investments, Corporate & Securities Law, Competition Law, JVs & Restructuring, International Tax, International Tax Litigation, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Fund Formation, Capital Markets, Employment and HR, Intellectual Property, International Commercial Law and Private Client. Our specialized industry niches include funds, financial services, insurance, IT and telecom, pharma and healthcare, media and entertainment, real estate and infrastructure & education. Nishith Desai Associates has been ranked as the Most Innovative Indian Law Firm (2014 & 2015)...
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...HKU701 JIANGYONG LU ZHIGANG TAO EBAY’S STRATEGY IN CHINA: ALLIANCE OR ACQUISITION In December 2006, eBay Inc., a US company that offered e-commerce, e-payments and internet communication services globally, announced its plan to form a joint venture with China-based online portal and wireless operator, TOM Online, in which eBay would have 49% ownership.1 The move reflected the increasing difficulties foreign internet companies were facing in their attempts to snatch a share of the Chinese market amid fierce competition and a changing market environment. eBay first set foot in China in 2002 by acquiring 33% interest in EachNet—a domestic online auction company, followed by a full acquisition in 2003.2,3 In 2005, eBay acquired Skype4 to expand into the online communication sector. While Skype was a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay globally, it operated indirectly in China via a joint venture with TOM Online. Due to this existing relationship between the two companies,5 TOM Online seemed to be a natural choice of partner for eBay’s subsequent decision with regards to its online marketplace business. Recognising TOM Online’s local knowledge and political connections, eBay believed that a joint venture would benefit its failing business in China and help the company further develop its Chinese market.6 Some analysts questioned whether political connections alone were the answer and suggested that eBay focus on its product and service offerings.7 Vara, V. and Chao, L. (20 December...
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