SWOT ANALYSIS Strenghts * Global Brand * Large Products Portfolio * Innovative * Acquisitions Amazon is the leading online retailer regarding media‚ products that educate and entertain. Amazon being a powerful global brand. Its customer base is over 30 million people has established separate websites in Canada‚ UK‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ France‚ Japan and China. It has a diversified product portfolio. Amazon.com started as an online bookstore but soon diversified‚ selling DVDs‚
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Environmental 7 Legal 7 The operating environmental analysis 7 Industry rivalry: High 7 Potential for new entrants: Medium 8 Substitute products: High 8 Bargaining power of suppliers: Low 8 Bargaining power of buyers: Medium 8 Strategic capabilities of Amazon 9 Unique resources 9 Amazon’s core competence 9 Amazon’s stakeholder’s expectations 10 Shareholders (Investors) 11 Top management 11 Customers 12 Suppliers and distributors 12 Employees 12 Environmental groups 12 Regulators 12 Amazon’s corporate level
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Amazon Case Study Assignment Questions: 1. What is Amazon’s business? [answer this question with a bulleted list] a. World largest online retailer b. Selling products like books‚ digital movies/music‚ electronics/computers‚ clothes‚ toys‚ other home essentials and etc c. In-house consumer electronics d. Cloud computing services 2. What are the business needs/problem that are addressed in the case? [use a table here with column one being the need/problem
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Opening of the internet to commercial activity‚ the creation of naming conventions for URLs and the development of a user friendly and free interface i.e. the browser were the three major developments that led to the advent of what is known as “e-business”. As the economy has moved from agrarian to industrial to information age‚ the focus of the businessmen or the wealthy and powerful has also shifted in terms of the ways of obtaining wealth or doing business. In the agrarian age there was shortage
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Amazon’s Acquisition of Zappos Acquisition regarding Amazon and Zappos Companies that want to be among the elite competitors in their particular fields have to be able to adapt and evolve in an always changing market place. In order to do so many large companies initiate mergers or acquisitions with smaller or similarly sized companies. They believe they can leverage and collaborate with each other in order to create more company value. The main difference between a merger and an acquisition is
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Management 6.3.3. Appendix E – VRIN Technology & Innovation 6.3.4. Appendix F – VRIN Customer Service 6.3.5. Appendix G – VRIN Financial Management 6.3.6. Appendix H – VRIN Human Resource Management 1 1. Introduction 1.1 Case Study Overview & Background Amazon have grown rapidly over the past years‚ with an average revenue growth rate between 2001 and 2013 of approximately 29% globally and 40% for markets outside of North America (Stockport‚ J. G. 2011; Amazon.com Inc. 2013 and 2011). The company willingly
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Introduction – Kate The idea of “Green Initiatives” in schools at any age level is a positive step towards installing sustainability in the minds of future generations. To reduce the amount of energy needed‚ recycle rain water‚ lessen landfill space and cut the barrels of oil used by Americans daily; can insure that our natural resource will be intact for many years to come. However‚ obstacles to Green Initiatives are costs‚ program management and proper data collection. Is it possible to initiate
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e-commerce company‚ is the largest online retailer in America whose revenues are triple those of its nearest competitor. Amazon serves a worldwide audience and its website is available in English‚ Chinese‚ French‚ German and Japanese. Amazon websites get around 615 million visitors annually because of its strong brand and reliability (http://www.webhostingreport.com/learn/amazon.html). Amazon began as an online bookstore. This gave it the advantage of having more titles than the traditional brick-and-mortar
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If you buy a book in print at Barns and Noble no one is going to come into your house and remove the book from your bookshelf. As long as Amazon continues to focus on increasing selection of products‚ availability of the products‚ lowering prices‚ and providing a great product and/or service are prime foundations of its long-term growth strategy. 3. Amazon is continuously looking for new markets to exploit. As CEO Bezos addresses the strategic opportunity of delivering streaming video‚ he calls
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