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1.) Why was Alibaba able to successfully grow its payment network while Amazon struggles?  

To answer the question, use 1 of the following appropriate analytical and quantitative frameworks with detailed explanation and visual displays of the framework used:

• Strategy triangle
• Financial (profit, revenues, cost analysis, stock price, ROI)
• Industry analysis (Porter's 5/6 Forces)
• Blue ocean analysis
• Aspiration analysis (head and heart; vision, mission, values)
• Activity analysis, cost component analysis (stacked bars or waterfall)
• Value proposition analysis (Strategy Canvas or Radar Screen/Spider Web diagram)
• Value creation and value capture analysis

And use 1 of the following appropriate analytical and quantitative frameworks with detailed explanation and visual displays of the framework used:

• Innovation curve analyses (technology maturity, market diffusion curves)
• Industry evolution analysis
• Ownership and scope analysis (Ownership Test, Better-off Test, Organizational Test)
• 3D Global Strategy analysis (deployment, development, deepening)
• Location strategic advantages analysis
• Timing: value capture analysis
• Total addressable market
• Implications of market growth rates

The question should be answered using these frameworks only. Do not give the definition of the frameworks but the analytical information you would present to the executives in a presentation.  

I have no way to attach a link or the article. The article is Changing  Banking's DNA: The Impact of Fintechs on Small Business Lending by Sarit Markovich, Richard Kolsky, and Charlotte Snyder.