The Battle Between WeChat Pay and Alipay on Strategy Level

In the increasingly changing business world, solely adopting industry level analysis or firm level analysis might be inefficient to explain how certain company obtain sustainable competitive advantage and achieve success in market battle. In this case, to better understand the battle between Alibaba...

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Main Author: Dong, Xinyi
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46367/
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description In the increasingly changing business world, solely adopting industry level analysis or firm level analysis might be inefficient to explain how certain company obtain sustainable competitive advantage and achieve success in market battle. In this case, to better understand the battle between Alibaba Group and Tencent in third-party payment industry, this dissertation conducts a conjunct analysis including both external and internal investigation. Results indicate that support infrastructure and specific organizational routine could be the most vital firm resources in generating Tencent’s sustainable competitive advantages, and the intrinsically high user stickiness of instant message industry provides Tencent with a protective barrier to maintain its advantages as well. Further quantitative researches could help generalize these findings and figure out the most decisive factors among all exterior and interior aspects, which could facilitate efficient strategy planning.
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spelling nottingham-463672018-04-17T15:04:59Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46367/ The Battle Between WeChat Pay and Alipay on Strategy Level Dong, Xinyi In the increasingly changing business world, solely adopting industry level analysis or firm level analysis might be inefficient to explain how certain company obtain sustainable competitive advantage and achieve success in market battle. In this case, to better understand the battle between Alibaba Group and Tencent in third-party payment industry, this dissertation conducts a conjunct analysis including both external and internal investigation. Results indicate that support infrastructure and specific organizational routine could be the most vital firm resources in generating Tencent’s sustainable competitive advantages, and the intrinsically high user stickiness of instant message industry provides Tencent with a protective barrier to maintain its advantages as well. Further quantitative researches could help generalize these findings and figure out the most decisive factors among all exterior and interior aspects, which could facilitate efficient strategy planning. 2017-09-14 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46367/1/DXY%202017%20Dissertation.pdf Dong, Xinyi (2017) The Battle Between WeChat Pay and Alipay on Strategy Level. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] Alipay
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Dong, Xinyi
The Battle Between WeChat Pay and Alipay on Strategy Level
title The Battle Between WeChat Pay and Alipay on Strategy Level
title_full The Battle Between WeChat Pay and Alipay on Strategy Level
title_fullStr The Battle Between WeChat Pay and Alipay on Strategy Level
title_full_unstemmed The Battle Between WeChat Pay and Alipay on Strategy Level
title_short The Battle Between WeChat Pay and Alipay on Strategy Level
title_sort battle between wechat pay and alipay on strategy level
topic Alipay
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46367/