The rise of B2B e-commerce was understood as a kind of third wave of e-commerce worldwide. In China, a company that has now become synonymous with the Chinese B2B e-commerce industry is Alibaba. It was launched in 1999 by Chinese businessman Jack Ma, and now in 2007, it has become the world's largest on-line B2B global trading marketplace, with 25 million re......

Headquartered in Beijing, Wanbo is a distributor of computer components in Northern China. It supplies a variety of products to computer assemblers and retailers in small and medium-sized cities. Wanbo had been growing rapidly, from RMB3 million annual sales in 2001 to RMB100 million in 2006. It projected another 50% growth rate in 2007, but the high growth ......

In the last decade, the telecommunication and Internet business has experienced rapid growth in China, which has fostered a large number of software companies serving the industry. With the increasing technical capacity, they are no longer satisfied with the domestic market, and are eager to go global. Yida Co Ltd is one of these fast growing software compan......

Asia- EC was established in 1999 using an e-platform to set-up an internet- based office supplies business in China. The case traces the development of this start-up as it attempts to cope with changes in its business environment. The (A) case describes the period from 1999 to 2002. AsiaEC's managers had an extremely well-funded company with no pressure from......

Asia- EC was established in 1999 using an e-platform to set-up an internet- based office supplies business in China. The case traces the development of this start-up as it attempts to cope with changes in its business environment. The (A) case describes the period from 1999 to 2002. AsiaEC's managers had an extremely well-funded company with no pressure from......