Case Name :      Yumcha.com.au

Authors :           Nicole R.D. Haggerty, Rohan Belliappa

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            910M38

Discipline :        Information Technology

Case Length :    12 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

Set in November 2007, the case is about a soon-to-launch social networking website (Yumcha) in Australia intended for the country’s significant Asian population and diaspora. The case describes the process that Yumcha’s founder went through in establishing the entity, including her initial motivations and business rationale. The case goes on to describe the dilemma facing the founder in choosing a web developer for the site, including whether to source the developer from new online bidding platforms. The challenges involved in this relatively new means of sourcing and bidding for technical talent are presented. The case also outlines the strategy questions facing the founder concerning expanding the social networking venture in an external environment that has seen the rapid development and expansion of numerous other social networking websites.