ebay v. Amazon / Harvard Case Analysis Solution

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Case analysis exploring ebay's strategic options. Comparisons made against Amazon.com's 1500%+ growth over the past decade versus ebay's 50%+ growth, revenues, margins and ownership of key assets, supply chain, etc.

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VOTE

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•Maintain•Compete

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DEFEND

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W H Y

HOW

WHAT

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Auct ions

Paypa l

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W H Y

HOW

WHAT

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ecommerce

D iscounts

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Maximizing Convenience

Maximizing Value

Commodities

Uniqueness

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“Reliability”

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• Payment mechanisms (Staggered payments, etc)

• Deals• Curation

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Does ebay have the assets needed to change its game?

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Video• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=lWsMdN7HMuA

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(Hidden Slide)• Social Media Engagement?• Innovation with core – facilitating value

exchange (eg paypal, fraud protection)• Personal Payment Mechanism? (Square, etc)• Targeted Advertising• Big Data Analysis• Partner with Physical Retail Chains / Sporting

Events (eg. “Game Day eBay CheckOut store”

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Recommendations

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Additional Slides following class

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Enabling through

technology

System Lock-in

Total Customer Solutions

Paradox of Choice

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Enabling through

technology

System Lock-in

Total Customer Solutions

Paradox of Choiceebay: Highly involved purchase behavior.High margins. No supply chain experiencePurchases made are aberrations – dataextraction / trend analysis / graphing ‘intent’can be tricky / generate spurious correlations.

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