...eBAY.COM A Case Report for Getting Tools Used NOTE: THIS IS ONLY A PORTION OF THE GETTING TOOLS USED RESEARCH REPORT. FOR THE FULL DOCUMENT AND OTHER INFORMATION VISIT WWW.CFAH.ORG. Getting Tools Used Table of Contents Foreword by Jessie Gruman ......................................................................................................................................... 1 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 About CFAH ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 Introduction: 21st Century Marketplace .................................................................................................................. 9 Research Framework ................................................................................................................................................... 17 Case Studies.................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Consumer Reports: Car Buying Guide ....................................
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...Assessment 1: Individual Assignment Written Case Study Report Financial Analysis 1. Use the databases discussed in Tutorial 1 and locate the following information for Google Inc. (5*2 marks = 10 marks): 1.1. Number of outstanding shares for Google Inc. (current stock data): 286, 938, 352 1.2. List of stock exchanges that Google Inc.is listed at: * NASDAQ National Market * Boerse Berlin * Boerse Duesseldorf * Boerse Frankfurt * Boerse Hamburg * Boerse Hannover * Boerse Munchen * Boerse Stuttgart * Bolsa Mexicana de Valores * Bucharest Stock Exchange * Swiss Exchange (SWX) * XETRA Stock Exchange 1.3. The list of top 3 shareholders of Google Inc.: * Mr Lawence Page * Mr Sergey Brin * FMR LLC 1.4. Net income for Google Inc. as at 31/12/2014 (US$): 14, 444, 000 1.5. Total assets for Google Inc. as at 31/12/2014 (US$): 131, 133, 000 Use the information provided in the case and answer the following questions: 2. Identify two key factors behind Google’s early success and provide explanation as to why you believe these factors are Google’s strategic advantages. (2*4 marks =8 marks; word limit: 300 words max) 1. Google decided to implement a modified version of Overture’s cost-per-click model. Google looked at the cost-per-click bids by the relation of an ad’s actual click through rate. This ensured that relevant ad’s got top of the list positions, and ad’s that didn’t receive much exposure incurred less...
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...E-commerce 2014 business. technology. society. tenth edition Kenneth C. Laudon Carol Guercio Traver Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 11 Social Networks, Auctions, and Portals Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 1 Social Networks and Online Communities Internet began as communications medium for scientists Early communities were bulletin boards, newsgroups (e.g., the Well) Today social networks, photo/video sharing, blogs have created new era of online socializing Social networks now one of most common Internet activities Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Slide 11-3 What Is an Online Social Network? Working definition Group of people Shared social interaction Common ties Sharing an area for period of time Portals and social networks: Moving closer together Community sites adding portal-like services Searching, news, e-commerce services Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Slide 11-4 2 The Growth of Social Networks and Online Communities Top 10 social networks account for more than 90% social networking activity Facebook users: More than 50% are 35+ Unique audience size: Top four U.S. social networks: 270 million Top four portal/search engines: 680 million Annual advertising revenue U.S. social network sites: $4.45 billion Top four portal/search engines: $22 billion Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice...
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...contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Rainer, R. K., Jr., & Turban, E. (2009). Introduction to information systems: Supporting and transforming business (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. All electronic materials are available on the student website. |Week One: Overview of Information Systems...
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...Solutions Review Questions 1. In approximately 100 words, define the term “reserve price” and explain how the use of a reserve price can affect the progress and outcome of an auction. Answer: A reserve price is a minimum; even though the bid may start at a very low price, there will be no winner unless the bids reach a reserve price set by the seller. If the reserve is set too high, no one may win the auction. 2. Identify an industry (or a product within an industry) in which buyers would find reverse auctions to be a useful procurement tool. In about 300 words, explain why your chosen industry or product would be a good candidate for a reverse auction procurement process. Answer: One industry that may be considered is the construction industry where bidders are invited to offer value engineering, innovations, and alternate design ideas that could save money over the life cycle of a project. 3. In about 300 words, describe the services offered by an online auction escrow service. Name one advantage and one disadvantage of using this type of an escrow service. Answer: An escrow service will hold the buyer’s funds until the buyer has received the merchandise and is satisfied; this is primarily used for high ticket items. The advantage to the buyer is that they can be sure they are getting what they paid for in the auction. The disadvantage is that a buyer can be dissatisfied about almost anything and the seller must wait for a decision. 4. Some eBay users believe that the use of sniping...
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...bidding Page 2 3. The English auction Page 3 4. Strategies and payoffs Page 3 5. The price of the product and the frequency of shill bidding Page 4 6. The profit of the seller Page 4 7. Conclusion Page 5 8. References Page 6 1 1. Introduction In today’s world, Internet auctions are becoming increasingly popular and are one of the most successful forms of electronic commerce (Bajari & Hortacsu, 2004). “Internet auctions already represent billions of dollars in transactions and have been growing at a rate of more than 10% per month (Lucking-Reiley, 2003)”. At an auction, a participant can buy and sell goods or services by making bids or taking bids. These selling transactions occur between businesses and consumers (B2C), between two businesses (B2B), between the government and businesses (G2B) and between the government and consumers (G2C). Although Internet auctions are becoming increasingly popular, because they offer many advantages to buyers and sellers, they also bare some negative consequences as snipping and shill bidding. Shill bidding is a strategy of the seller to raise the final price of his own offered items. The questions that arise are: how does shill bidding work and why is it used? To investigate shill bidding, first this paper introduces the concept of shill bidding. Second it discusses the English auction, followed by the payoffs and...
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...eBay Barteet, Jodi Table of Contents Progress in the Last Year 3 Balance Sheet Horizontal Analysis 5 Balance Sheet Vertical Analysis 5 Earnings Horizontal Analysis 7 Liquidity Ratio Analysis 8 Profitability Ratio Analysis 9 Long-Term Solvency Analysis 10 Cash Flow Adequacy Analysis 10 Market Strength Analysis 11 Evaluation 12 References 13 Progress in the Last Year eBay Inc. remains one of the few dot-com success stories long after many of its peers were forced into bankruptcy. eBay has been able to make their name synonymous with internet-based auctions; much like Xerox with copiers and Kleenex with facial tissue, eBay is the undisputed market leader in the world of online auctions. Unlike Xerox and Kleenex, however, eBay has been able to branch out from their initial success into multiple lines of business that are proving to be just as lucrative and allow eBay to continue to expand. As their Annual Report states eBay is now “organized into three businesses: Marketplaces, Payments and Communications. Each is a thriving and successful business in its own right.”(eBay Annual Report 2005, introduction). eBay’s core business remains the online-auction marketplace where $44.3 billion in gross merchandise volume was traded in 2005 (eBay Annual Report 2005, Introduction). eBay’s payment service, PayPal, makes transferring money and accepting payments, both critical to its online auction business, easy and cost efficient for small businesses and consumers...
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...Assignment 2 — Session 3 (Spring) ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form If this is your first time using the Online Learning Environment, check out the Course Orientation and the quick tutorials in the Support Centre. General assignment FAQs can be found in your Assignment Submission/Group Work area. Prepare your answers to these assignment questions in Word and save them as one Word document on your hard drive. For the recommended format and filename, see the Assignment Submission/Group Work/FAQ area. If this assignment Word file requires you to paste Excel.xls sections or other files, you are strongly advised to refer to the pages How To/Use Software/Excel, Word, or both, to ensure you successfully submit your complete assignment. When your file is complete and you are ready to submit it for marking, select your Assignment Submission/Group Work area. For help, refer to the quick tutorial, “Submit assignments”. Question 1 (5 marks) (Multiple choice)(1 mark each) Note: For multiple-choice questions, select the best answer. Answer each item by giving the number of your choice. Incorrect answers will be marked as zero. Multiple-choice questions must be completed in your Assignment Submission section. This portion of the assignment will be automatically graded. Do not include your answers in your Word document as they will not be graded. a. Which of the following situations would lead to an auditor increasing auditor business risk...
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...in the world. This creates advantage and opportunity for all involved. 2. Amazon and Yahoo have not promoted themselves enough to be competitive. EBay is well known for e-bartering, but Amazon and Yahoo are not. To compete Amazon and Yahoo have to make buyers and sellers aware of the service and make their service as safe and reliable as eBay. Also Amazon and Yahoo should produce higher incentives o try their services. Research for new and innovative services that eBay cannot provide should be looked into. 3. A seller that sets up on eBay will receive all of the benefits of an e-business such as high accessibility, increased customer loyalty, improved information, increased convenience and global reach by setting up on eBay. To set up a business on eBay means the seller will receive an international market base with low overhead. On eBay the seller can increase their selling base and the sellers products can be viewed 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The seller will mostly gain by setting up on eBay. 4. Electronic,...
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...eBay, Inc. (2002) Overview eBay 2002 Founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar and Jeff Skoll, the eBay online marketplace was developed in order to provide individuals a place to sell goods and services. eBay became a phenomenon that attracted some 10 million auctions in its first three years. This success provided eBay the necessary foundation to complete an initial public offering (IPO) in 1998. eBay’s online auction concept is relatively simple. Sellers register with eBay and use its suite of online tools to place nearly any item up for sale. Buyers navigate eBay’s vast array of categories or use search functionality to find goods or services that they wish to bid on. Once the auction is won, the buyer may use PayPal, the online payment service, to complete the transaction. Perhaps the most powerful part of the eBay process lies with the feedback scores that are given by both buyer and seller following the completion of the transaction. Feedback scores are public information and allow other buyers and sellers to determine whether a person is worthy of doing business with or not. A negative feedback on eBay is akin to having a bad credit score with a bank. By providing a marketplace for “new and scarce goods, end-of-life products, and used and vintage items,” eBay provides a valuable service in which they attempt to “make inefficient markets more efficient.[1]” While other Internet business models have failed in recent years...
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...M02_TURB3315_05_SE_C02.QXD 9/4/07 7:54 PM Page 42 2 E-MARKETPLACES: STRUCTURES, MECHANISMS, ECONOMICS, AND IMPACTS Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to: 1. Define e-marketplaces and list their components. 2. List the major types of e-marketplaces and describe their features. 3. Describe the various types of EC intermediaries and their roles. 4. Describe electronic catalogs, shopping carts, and search engines. 5. Describe the major types of auctions and list their characteristics. 6. Discuss the benefits, limitations, and impacts of auctions. 7. Describe bartering and negotiating online. 8. Define m-commerce and explain its role as a market mechanism. 9. Discuss competition in the digital economy. 10. Describe the impact of e-marketplaces on organizations and industries. CHAPTER Content How Blue Nile Inc. Is Changing the Jewelry Industry 2.1 E-Marketplaces 2.2 Types of E-Marketplaces: From Storefronts to Portals 2.3 Transactions, Intermediation, and Processes in E-Commerce 2.4 Electronic Catalogs and Other Market Mechanisms 2.5 Auctions as EC Market Mechanisms 2.6 Bartering and Negotiating Online 2.7 E-Commerce in the Wireless Environment: M-Commerce and L-Commerce 2.8 Competition in the Digital Economy and Its Impact on Industries 2.9 Impacts of EC on Business Processes and Organizations Managerial Issues Real-World Case: Wal-Mart Leads RFID Adoption Appendix 2A: Build-to-Order Production ISBN: 0-558-13856-X 42 ...
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...and travel. Members from all over the world buy and sell on eBay. Currently, eBay has local sites that serve Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. In addition, eBay has a presence in Latin America and China through its investments in MercadoLibre.com and EachNet, respectively. eBay offers a wide variety of features and services that enable members to buy and sell on the site quickly and conveniently. Buyers have the option to purchase items in auction-style format or items can be purchased at fixed price through a feature called Buy-It-Now. In addition, items at fixed price are also available Half.com, an eBay company. eBay is dedicated to its community of members, and has numerous services which enhance the trading experience. Our marketplace services include: online payments by PayPal; a wide array of Buyer and Seller tools; and the Developers Program for community members who would like to develop their own solutions. Environmental Policy eBay is committed to conducting its business in a way that minimizes the impact on the environment....
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...believed Google could set off a string of successful IPOs and put an end to a fouryear lull in technology offerings. 2 Executives at Google faced several questions in the following months, beginning with whether or not to sell shares to the public market.' If they made the decision to take the company public, what options did Google have for selling those shares? Was the traditional form of book-building through an investment bank necessarily the best course of action? As large investment banks were courting Google's potentially enormous business, management had to evaluate the different options available for a company ready to move forward. Ultimately, Google chose to sell its stock through W.R. Hambrecht + Co.'s OpenIPO, which was modeled on auction-based offering formats in France, Japan and elsewhere. In 2004, Hambrecht's track record of success was mixed at best and even today the future of this IPO format in the United States is far from certain. IN THE SPRING OF 2004, GOOGLE WAS ONE OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT I. HISTORY AND BUSINESS MODEL In 1995, Larry Page, 24, and Sergey Brin, 23, first met as Stanford University computer science graduate students.4 Their company Web site describes that first encounter as a clash of personalities that eventually led to their now-famous creative solution for retrieving relevant information from large sets of data.' At the time, search engines, for the most part, ranked search results by the number of hits for Assistant Professor of Business Administration...
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...would suggest that the property would sit in the vicinity of $2,200,000 - $2,500,000. A higher sale price may be achieved in the event of interest from one or more premium buyers. METHOD OF SALE Public Auction The auction method is recommended for properties: • Which are in a high demand market place like the Inner West. • Which are likely to encourage competitive bidding between multiple buyers. • Where it is preferable to let the market determine the price rather than predetermining it prior to sale. • Where creating deadlines for purchasers will limit procrastination. • Where an unconditional sale is desired. • Where keeping to a marketing budget is important. Private Treaty The private treaty method is recommended for properties: • Where the asking price is very clear and can be set as a guide. • Which are not unique and are quite easily comparable to other properties. • Where time is not essential in the sale equation. RECOMMENDED METHOD OF SALE It is our recommendation that in order to maximize the ultimate sale price, this property should be submitted for sale at public auction. In the Inner West, this...
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...[pic] |Syllabus Axia College/School of Business XBIS/219 Business Information Systems | |Copyright © 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course provides an overview of Business Information Systems. This includes a broad foundation for both technical and nontechnical business professionals. Special emphasis is placed on how information is used by different types of businesses across different industries. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. The instructor policies are VERY important. The late policies, participation and discussion requirements, and other important information to ensure your best experience in this class are detailed in that document. Make sure you read this document in full immediately to help avoide missed requirements and missed points. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. PLEASE NOTE: Many of the assignments in this class have been customized, which means...
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