Alibaba. com, the world’s largest ecommerce organization, is one that generates income from influencing business to buy and sell through their site. • It has a reputation of success and effective growth strategies • Strong alliances and partnerships with leaders in the industry. • A strong whole in the Global Marketplace. • A international organizational structure • A bold risk taking sprit.|• Labor intensive. • Low degree of business e-commerce search technology. • Large Chinese cultural influence. Brand recognition is low. • Profitably is slowing. | Threats – T | • China’s Google and the strength of the vertical sites. • Growth of China’s ecommerce industry. • Global Economic crisis. • Development of a more competitive technology Opportunities – O | ?? Possibility for growth in profits. • Large untapped market potential.
• Market share possibility in the US 1999 | Alibaba Group was established | 2000 | Launched the Gold Supplier membership to serve exporters in China. | 2001 | Launched the International TrustPass membership to serve exporters outside China. 2002 |Launched the TrustPass membership to serve SMEs engaging in domestic China trade. | Launched keyword ranking services in the international marketplace. 2003 |Launched TradeManager Instant Messenger software for easy communication. 2004 | Established Ali-Institute to offer customer training and higher-education e-commerce certification in China. | 2005 | Launched keyword ranking services on the China marketplace. | 2007 | Launched branded advertisements in the Chinese marketplace.Introduced the Gold Supplier membership to Hong Kong. | 2007
The Research paper on Kent Chemical: Organizing For International Growth
1 Initial Problems 1.1 Introduction & Problem Identification This paper provides a sample analysis and solution to the fictive Harvard Business School case study on Kent Chemical Products (KCP), an 1917 founded Ohio-based global leading chemical company. KCP produces plastic additives and further specialty chemicals and atis America’s largest supplier in this sector with revenues of $2.2 ...
Launched premium placement display in the Chinese marketplace. Launched an SME financing scheme in collaboration with leading banks in China. | Successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Re-launched our upgraded Alibaba Japan marketplace. | 2008 | Became a constituent stock of Hang Seng Composite Index Series and Hang Seng Freefloat Index Series. | Launched Winport to help SMEs build their own presence in the China marketplace. Formed an associated company, Alibaba Japan, with Softbank to take over the operation of the Japanese marketplace. Launched the China TrustPass for Individuals membership to serve entrepreneurs engaging in domestic China trade.