Case 4: Amazon: One E-Store to Rule Them All 1) The CEO of Amazon.com‚ Jeff Bezos‚ effectively employed both intuitive and systematic thinking when he developed the Kindle for sale. Through Bezos’s creative idea in the Kindle‚ one can see that he makes decisions that seem to be based off of intuitive thinking. With this approach‚ people make decisions according to their past experiences and gut feelings‚ as opposed to analyzing all of the facts. Bezos took a risk in the creation of the Kindle
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Founder Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994 which became a multi-billion dollar company. Jeff wanted to provide service to people all over the world with books‚ but end up meeting the needs of much more. People doesn’t have to go out their home to looks for an item all over the city. Amazon.com owns many other online companies such as Zappos.com‚ Alexa internet‚ IMDb‚ Lovefilm‚ The book depositary‚ Woot‚ and many more. Even if someone doesn’t order anything off of amazon‚ you could be ordering items
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There were several situations that lead the executives and managers of WorldCom to "cook the books." Acquisition of other companies drove WorldCom to spend beyond their means; managers were told to spend whatever was necessary to increase revenue‚ even if it meant that long-term costs would outweigh the short-term gains. This fiscally unhealthy mentality led to a very bad decision to enter into long-term fixed rate leases for network capacity with extensive punitive termination provisions. Once the
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" Ratemyprofessor.com" is a website well known to college students and high school students for giving insight into what students’ Professors will be like. The Article " Does ratemyprofessor.com really rate my professor?" discusses the websites usefulness as well as its accuracy based off of the topics used to judge the professor. The article‚ first seen in "Assessment and evaluation in higher education" comments on topics such as the websites use of the catagories "clarity" and "helpfulness".
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Reporting‚ Analysis and Ethics: A Comparative Analysis of Overstock.com and Amazon Robert Baird BU7545 Fall 2011 Financial Reporting‚ Analysis and Ethics: A Comparative Analysis of Overstock.com and Amazon Robert Baird BU7545 Fall 2011 Table of Contents | | | Executive Summary | 2 | | | Company and Industry Information | 3 | | | Accounting Issues | 6 | | | Accounting Policies and Disclosure Practices | 9 | | | Financial Statement Analysis | 10 | |
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A summary of Amazon’s business strategy and revenue model I’ve used Amazon in my books for over 10 years now since many companies‚ from startups and small businesses to large international businesses‚ can learn from their focus on the customer and the approach of using technology and analysis to improve results. It consistently outperforms other companies in its ACSI customer satisfaction rating too. I aim to keep the case study up-to-date for readers of the books and Smart Insights readers who
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Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington‚ D.C. 20549 Form 10-Q (Mark One) x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended September 30‚ 2012 or ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to . Commission File No. 000-22513 Amazon.com‚ Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
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1. What are the strategic capabilities of IKEA? From the VIRO table (appendix 1) IKEA’s strategic capabilities are grouped into the following categories - Brand/quality reputation Financial strength Production capacity. Brand/Quality reputation IKEA operates (in 2002) 154 stores in 22 countries and serviced 286 million customers. With a 14% share of the market (in America)‚ there is huge opportunity for growth via a continued marketing campaign to leverage off its brand‚ differentiating
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I am researching are Amazon and Netflix. Amazon is the largest online retailer and Netflix is an industry giant in the movie streaming or DVD rental business. Both began as small companies with fewer than 100 employees and now are multi-billion dollar corporations as a result of their innovation and their desire to be elite. Amazon’s mission statement is “to be earth’s most customer-centric company where people can find and discover anything they want to buy online.” Amazon is now the world’s largest
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.COM Failure Marketing and the .COM Bust Why Marketing? The .COM bust‚ the .COM “bubble”‚ the failure of companies that “dot-bombed”‚ happened more than a decade ago‚ but the lessons learned are important for the present tech sector. Many investors argue that we are in a bubble now‚ with companies like Instagram selling for $1 billion and hundreds of others getting million dollar valuations. Looking back‚ it’s clear from a marketing perspective current aspects of the products and websites themselves
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