Alibaba: Competing in China and Beyond Individual Report Intercultural Management Professor: Dr. Jacobo Ramirez Aalto University School of Economics Bachelor´s Degree Program in International Business Mikkeli Campus September 3‚ 2012 Matti Uusivirta Introduction In this report I will examine the case “Alibaba: Competing in China and Beyond.” Alibaba under the leadership of Jack Ma‚ its founder has transformed into one of the most successful e-commerce companies in China. In
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Organization Theory – Alibaba case: “Why organizational structure affected Alibaba’s IPO” Introduction and Historical Overview Over recent years the external environment and the marketplace have become increasingly dynamic and competitive‚ with progressive consolidation of the market leaders and continuing need of companies to adapt their structure towards our demanding society. This trend has led Alibaba Group Holding ltd. to conduct some organizational considerations before being listed on the
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Alibaba Group and its Impact towards Business & Society Alibaba Group is an e-commerce company founded by Jack Ma in year 1999. As an entrepreneur‚ one must be willing to take the risk in starting a business. Being an entrepreneur‚ Jack Ma has vision‚ innovation and determination. He foresaw the potential of the Internet that is going to help in business growth in China. He took a risk and began his entrepreneur journey. He started the business of Alibaba to help other small businesses
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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
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Alibaba Group was established in 1999 by 18 people led by Jack Ma‚ a former English teacher from Hangzhou‚ China. From the outset‚ the company’s founders shared a belief that the Internet would level the playing field by enabling small enterprises to leverage innovation and technology to grow and compete more effectively in the domestic and global economies. Since launching its first website helping small Chinese exporters‚ manufacturers and entrepreneurs to sell internationally‚ Alibaba Group has
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Alibaba: Making inroads to become the world’s second largest e-commerce player surpassing eBay. Introduction It was in the year 1999 that 18 people under the leadership of Jack Ma‚ a teacher from Hangzhou‚ China‚ were to begin a journey known as Alibaba Group. Its headquarter lies in Hangzhou itself. Alibaba group have established‚ as of December 2013‚ 73 offices in China and 16 outside its borders. At the end of the 2014‚ it was reported to employ over 22‚000 people from across the world
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business legend which surprised the world. The largest online shopping event of the year – the 24-hour Singles Day sale kicked off from midnight (Beijing time) on 11th‚ November. Just one hour into the Singles Day sale‚ Jack Ma’s E-commerce company - Alibaba had already sold $2 billion worth of merchandise. At the end of the sales event‚ the final revenue reached $9 billion which exceeded the expectation and broke a sales record for one-day period. The amount even exceeds the combined online revenue of
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analyze the factors that led to Alibaba sustaining its leadership position in the Chinese e-commerce market. Answer First mover advantage: Alibaba started its operations when e-commerce in China was in its infancy stage. Considering the potential of the budding e-commerce market‚ Alibaba started with operations that concentrated on providing B2B services to SMEs that were aspiring to go global. Smart competitive and marketing strategies: From an early stage‚ Alibaba had been focusing on differentiating
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Jack Ma (Alibaba) Zainab Raed Bazroon ID: 2140003961 Section 39 Who is Jack Ma? Jack Ma is an outstanding and great leader who redefines the way of success. Jack Ma led e-commerce in China. As the Executive Chairman and founder of Alibaba Group‚ China’s leading Internet business entity‚ he has been classified as one of the top Chinese entrepreneurs‚ who reached the desired Forbes list in recent years. How he gets started? When he was 12 years old‚ he got interested in learning English. He was
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enterprises also growing up and want to share this big cake. Taobao (www.taobao.com)‚ a Chinese-based company which is a leading platform for C2C personal transactions‚ was founded in 2003 by the 450 million investment from world’s best B2B company——Alibaba. Taobao is a typical example of China E-business style. Taobao paid a lot of efforts in order to China and Asia’s market dominance‚ during a lot of difficulties and challenges especially in the competition with E-bay. But some problems still exist
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