silicon valley platforms haven't conquered the world - here's the international...
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Silicon Valley platforms
Strategies for International Business
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Joe Bosurgi
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For articles by Om Malik, Farhad Manjoo, & Ben Thompson, see the final
slide.
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E-commerce
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What about…
China: Alibaba / TaoBao (阿里巴巴 / 淘宝网)
China: Alibaba / TaoBao (阿里巴巴 / 淘宝网) India: Flipkart (फ्लिपकार्ट), Snapdeal (स्नैपडीि)
What about…
Oral emphasis, with supplementary
grammatical explanations.
Monthly fee
China: Alibaba / TaoBao (阿里巴巴 / 淘宝网) India: Flipkart (फ्लिपकार्ट), Snapdeal (स्नैपडीि)
Japan: Rakuten (楽天)
What about…
Amazon doesn’t win everywhere…
…and must begin defending against
Alibaba in the US
E-commerce winner does not take all.
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Social Media
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China: QQ, WeChat (微信), WeiBo (微博)
What about…
China: QQ, WeChat (微信), WeiBo (微博)
Japan: LINE (ライン), Russia: VK (ВКонтакте)
What about…
China: QQ, WeChat (微信), WeiBo (微博)
Japan: LINE (ライン), Russia: VK (ВКонтакте)
Korea: KakaoTalk (카카오톡)
What about…
Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter are
blocked in China…
…and Facebook is playing catch-up
to Asian social e-commerce,
payment and more.
Social media winner does not take all.
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Search
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China: Baidu (百度)
What about…
China: Baidu (百度)
Japan: Yahoo Japan / SoftBank (ソフトバンク)
What about…
China: Baidu (百度)
Japan: Yahoo Japan / SoftBank (ソフトバンク)
Korea: Naver (네이버)
What about…
Google is blocked in China, and not
as linguistically optimized for Asia
as home players...
…and UI has “Western” feel
Search winner does not take all.
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Content/media
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China: Youku (优酷)
Alibaba TBO (阿里巴巴)
Baidu (百度)
What about…
Netflix & YouTube are not in China —
the biggest video/movie market
Content/media winner does not take all.
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Consumer Electronics
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• What do you think?
– Have today’s dominant US platforms definitively conquered the
world?
– Where do you think it’s important in these sectors to look beyond
the US?
– Have questions or want to respond? Contact me for dialog.
• じゃまたね。。
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See your competitors…wherever they are.
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Sources
Om Malik, “In Silicon Valley Now, It’s Almost Always Winner Takes All”,
New Yorker, 2015.12.30
Farhad Manjoo, “Tech’s ‘Frightful 5’ Will Dominate Digital Life for
Foreseeable Future”, NYT 2016.01.20
Ben Thompson, “The FANG Playbook”, Stratechery 2016.01.20