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Midterm (Your Name) Just Dial
Midterm (Your Name) Just Dial
Midterm
Strategies Due on Oct 24, midnight
Read the brief case titled “Just Dial Limited,” and provide your response to the following
questions. Note the following:
This is an exam, so collaboration, contact, or discussion on the questions and responses are
strictly prohibited. Any signs of plagiarism or collaboration will result in 0 marks for both
students. This includes copying from other students, or borrowing from any external
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the source. External sources will be examined for that purpose.
Submit by the due date and time. The submission area will automatically disappear after the
due date and time. Late or email submissions are not accepted.
There are 7 questions. All questions are required.
Response weight (points) and maximum number of words are provided for each question.
Exceeding the limit by more than 10% will result in penalty (references and illustrative charts
are not part of the word count).
Use this Word document to provide your response.
Responses are evaluated on the level of their completeness, clarity, relevancy, and
persuasiveness.
Starting as A&M communications Pvt.Ltd. the company began offering local search
solutions neglecting advertising and focusing on the phone number which was
unique and vividly present in a customer’s mind, as well as the brand name which
was changed to JustDial. Initially, the company started putting together a significant
database of businesses in Mumbai to help connect users with local businesses.
Consequently, the company launched their internet-based services through their
website.
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its clients, according to JustDial Customer Care on (www.justdial.com) the company
resolved approximately 70% of customer complaints.
- "Search Plus Service", a service that manages online transactions via the web and
mobile apps.
- The JD App works as a one stop solution for all your daily needs
- get its foot into the e-commerce door!
Local search is known as the use of specialized Internet search engines that allow
users to submit geographically constrained searches against a structured
database of local business listings. (Wikipedia).
Local search is all about What and Where, so you as a user know What you come to
us to find Where
Due to high mobile penetration and rapid growth of e-commerce
Amazon alexa as an example of local search,
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5. [10 pts; 120 words]
Do you think Just Dial has any competitive advantages? Sustainable competitive advantages?
Would the current strategy and business model help Just Dial to survive for the next 5 years?
10 years? What would you do differently?
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References
- https://bizfluent.com/info-7760925-business-model-vs-revenue-model.html
- https://gromor.in/blog/list-your-business-on-justdial-sulekha-1410
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