Comparison of eBay.com and Alibaba.com
years ago employed over 15,000 employees in 39 countries. In January 2008, John Donahoe took over Meg Whitman’s place as CEO, and currently EBay has 16,200 employees (an 8% employee increase in one year) in over 30 countries. EBay is an online provider of marketplaces for the sale of goods and services. It also provides commerce, platforms, online payments services and
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online communications offerings to individuals and businesses. EBay’s foreign entry strategies
into other countries have played a key role in their success for worldwide domination in the
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online auction market. The products and services that EBay offers vary from online communication services to the sales of goods and services.
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