Ali Baba Case Study
Ali Baba Case Study
Masood
ID: 006, 015, 008
Program: M.com
Assignment submitted to: Sir Farhan
Subject: E-commerce
Questionnaire
QuestionNo.1
Why does Alibaba focus so much on small business? Is it only to fulfill corporate social
responsibility? If not, how is it helping them in business pursuits, financial viability and
sustainability?
Question No.2
What is the role played by the other stakeholders in Alibaba group’s ecosystem? How do you see
the demand by sellers on Taobao for free listing in the initial years and Jack Ma conceding to
their demand?
Question No.3
Compare and contrast the concept of “TAOBAO VILLAGES” with “RURAL TAOBAO” do
you think rural Taobao is a sustainable strategy? If so, how? If not, why not?
Question No.4
If an ecommerce firm in India would like to adopt a strategy similar to that do Alibaba’s in term
of ecosystem building and focus on small businesses and rural markets, what are challenges it
would face? Is adoption is similar strategy advisable and if so, do you have any suggestions for
successful implementation of such a strategy?
Answers
Answer:
No, Alibaba does not just focus on small businesses only. It also identified to examine the global
gap of local industries. As such, their local industry is disconnected from global so they provide
facilities to connect with globally exportations. They try to export their products to global export
industry.
Answer:
The role played by the other stakeholders in Alibaba group’s ecosystem is very effective as Ali
Wang Wang and Ali Bay providing basic infrastructure for transactions with each other.
Answer:
They provide basic infrastructure. They also provide finance to domestic levels. They both are
same as they both promote e-commerce. Rural Taoboa provides training center that gives
awareness for ecommerce. Yes, rural taobao is a sustainable strategy because it promotes online
business it even starts online business and describes the payment method.
Answer:
Yes, if an ecommerce firm in India would adopt the strategy similar to china will definitely
grow because India and china are quite same but they can’t have same strategies. Implementation
can be same but can be bit modified.