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Facebook Case Study. By MTiPO: Desiree Fabunan Yee Han Kuan Svyatoslav Mishchenko Patrick Lin Ngai Lung Wenhan Zhou. Decision. Problem: Growth/Expansion Strategy Proposed Solutions: To Grow Internationally To Enter Different Market Segments
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Facebook Case Study By MTiPO: Desiree Fabunan Yee Han Kuan Svyatoslav Mishchenko Patrick Lin Ngai Lung Wenhan Zhou
Decision • Problem: • Growth/Expansion Strategy • Proposed Solutions: • To Grow Internationally • To Enter Different Market Segments • To Concentrate On Increasing Per-User Revenue • Assumptions: • User base higher priority than revenue • Significant number of countries with small Facebook user base • Facebook has the capability and resources to localize • Growth is viral
Analysis –Economic Analysis Improve Revenue Source in Existing Markets Target New Segment in Existing Markets Existing New Approach New Existing International Expansion Existing New Products 4 • Decision: To Grow Internationally. Customers
How To Grow Internationally • Challenge: • It may find it hard to displace the dominant local competitors. • Local resistance to foreign culture. • How to Grow in other markets • Localization through Language • Spread Facebook through Evangelist • Overseas Student • Early Adopters • Use Bowling Alley Effect • Characteristic of a Suitable Initial Overseas Market • Competing Product is technically weak or clone • User base comfortable with Social Networks • Users verse in both English and their Mother tongue • I.e (Mexico, India, Sweden, Germany, France, China)