... |5/5/2015 | |Case title |Amazon.Com | |Section |AC 03 | ASSESSMENT To be filled by facilitator |Components |Scores |Scores | | |1 mark |2 marks |3 marks |4 marks | | |Submission |On-time |N/A |N/A |N/A | | | |submission | | | | | |TOTAL | | Case analysis STAGE 1 Issues Explain the main issues underlying the case. Place extra attention on the what, why and when. Amazon.com had posted its first quarterly profit of $5.8 million in the fourth quarter of year 2001. This mostly contributed from the significant reduction in prices...
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...External/Internal Factors of Management Amazon.com is a Fortune 500 company out of Seattle that began doing business via e-commerce on the World Wide Web in July 1995. Today Amazon.com is a customer-centric company, which endeavors to offer its customers the lowest prices on just about anything online. Amazon.com and other retailers offer millions of unique, new, refurbished and used items from which to choose. Amazon.com, through the use of the four functions of management incorporate planning, organization, leading, and control of the market with their global website and change the way the world shops. Through their online store and using today’s high-tech technology they have shown the world a new form of sales and have become one of today’s biggest online stores. Globalization Amazon.com has taken two steps to ensure it has some breathing room between itself and the burgeoning list of competitors in the e-Book e-Reader marketplace. Amazon.com lowered the price of the bestseller Kindle as well launching the Kindle DX with U.S. and International Wireless now enables readers to wirelessly download content in over 100 countries and territories. The product will be aimed at U.S. Consumers who want the freedom to use their e-readers overseas as well as eager consumers outside the U.S. who have had limited e-reader choices to date Kindle “global edition” is powered by AT&T. Amazon.com was partnering with Sprint as their wireless partner when the first Kindle was launched...
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...Amazon.com Business Combinations and Financial Results Analysis 04/22/2015 A dream from a small business owner to one of the largest online businesses we have operating today can be echoed for Amazon.com. Through the tumultuous times from surviving through the dot com bubble to poor investment choices Amazon.com has weathered it all and seems to be preparing themselves for the long haul. Jeff Bezos has shown great a great amount of emphasis towards customer service “proactively delighting customers earns trust, which earns more business from those customers, even in new business arenas” (2010, April 12) and reinvesting in Amazon.com may finally start to payoff dividends. Many key factors had an instrumental role in the global and domestic market that may have influenced profitability of Amazon.com. In this paper I will only discuss three of the growth strategies I deemed to be impactful for Amazon.com. There were many growth strategies to choose from however the three that I will discuss are the innovation, diversification, and investment/expansion growth strategies of Amazon.com. The innovation growth strategy is where Amazon.com attempts to show their ability to create, anticipate, or revolutionize the needs of the customer and marketplace. They have always aimed to be one step of the competition by creating and implementing new ideas. Amazon Fresh, Amazon Prime Air, and Anticipatory Shipping are some of the innovative ideas that have shown good results. Amazon Fresh...
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...[pic] eBay, A Company Analysis [pic] Analyzing, eBay’s Strategies, Financial Performance, S.W.O.T, and Competitive Strength in the Online Auction Industry Prepared for: Dr. Patrick Kreiser Prepared By: Katelynn Coghlan Tommy Pauley Patrick Scott October 26, 2005 There is no doubt that eBay holds the power in the online auction industry. An analysis of the key factors of their company was compiled to find out what the eBay strategy is, and how they are doing financially. Also an internal analysis of their strengths and weaknesses and an external analysis of their opportunities and threats have been provided. Finally, a strength assessment of the main competitors in the online auction industry has been determined to see how strong each competitor is. From its beginning in a San Francisco living room, eBay has grown to be in a league by itself. Analysis of eBay’s Strategy and Business Model Before eBay could begin to compete in the online auction industry a strategy and business model needed to be developed (Appendix A). eBay had to define the businesses they would be competing in and how they would compete in those specific businesses. They also needed to define how they would be a successful service to their customers. Corporate level strategy eBay’s corporate level strategy was to become a diversified business. They wanted to diversify not only the products they offered but also their...
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...[pic] eBay, A Company Analysis [pic] Analyzing, eBay’s Strategies, Financial Performance, S.W.O.T, and Competitive Strength in the Online Auction Industry Prepared for: Dr. Patrick Kreiser Prepared By: Katelynn Coghlan Tommy Pauley Patrick Scott October 26, 2005 There is no doubt that eBay holds the power in the online auction industry. An analysis of the key factors of their company was compiled to find out what the eBay strategy is, and how they are doing financially. Also an internal analysis of their strengths and weaknesses and an external analysis of their opportunities and threats have been provided. Finally, a strength assessment of the main competitors in the online auction industry has been determined to see how strong each competitor is. From its beginning in a San Francisco living room, eBay has grown to be in a league by itself. Analysis of eBay’s Strategy and Business Model Before eBay could begin to compete in the online auction industry a strategy and business model needed to be developed (Appendix A). eBay had to define the businesses they would be competing in and how they would compete in those specific businesses. They also needed to define how they would be a successful service to their customers. Corporate level strategy eBay’s corporate level strategy was to become a diversified business. They wanted to diversify not only the products they offered but also their customer base and global reach. By using...
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...Amazon.Com - Financial Analysis Case Study Name Institution Course Date Amazon.Com - Financial Analysis Case Study Introduction The bookselling business is one of the stable developing industries which have an estimated a total sale of $27 billion in 2006. The vending of the books mainly relies upon distinctive seasons. The business has different clients who purchase various types of books which also incorporates the professional books, trade books, college books, and mass business paper-back books. With solid competition from the corporate sector, the organizations are strongly concentrating on adopting distinctive ways and means to win more customers and getting a high market share in the company. Company Overview Amazon.com is thought to be the market player in the e-trade industry; that is, bookselling. The company was established by Jeff Bezos, who concentrated on upgrading the book shopping experience of buyers, with the development and better approaches to selling books via the web. One of the key players of the company is Noble and Barnes. Initially, the company began as an online bookshop that has transformed into one of the biggest online retailers offering items ranging from movies and music to furniture and artwork. As its website states, "it is by configuration that technological development drives the growth of Amazon.com to offer clients more different products, at lower prices, and even more conveniently." In this paper, we will review the financial...
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...Case Study Phase III Edgar Pavon-Hernandez American Military University Case Study Phase I Defining risk to an organization means identifying which assets are susceptible to a threat. This threat can cause damage to a company or can be costly. The most important aspect is to mitigate risk to keep tangible and intangible costs low. For example Amazon.com is an online shopping website. Because it is a website its revenue is from online orders. In the following sentences I will go over a few things which can be potential risk to the site. A risk to the company, Amazon.com, could be a hacker gaining unauthorized access to the websites server. The hacker could then begin attacking other servers within the site. If the main server as well as back up servers were to become infected and be brought offline. Another example could be a disgruntle employee who sells personal information which includes names, date of birth, credit card numbers as well as email addresses and passwords. Both of the above mentioned risks can cause the company damage in loss of revenue, which would be a tangible cost. But on the more serious side, the site would lose customers. This is the intangible costs. Because loyalty is an aspect of customers that cannot be bought or sold. Regaining lost customers due to a risk becoming a threat causes the site to have to take different measures to attempt to regain the lost customers. Another area that is susceptible to risk is the shipping...
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...Also the capital for launching an online website is very low. The bargaining power of buyers: weak to medium. The increasing buyer demand online is reducing the bargaining power of buyers. Competition from substitutes: very strong. There are many substitutes for eBay’s online services such as online retailers like amazon.com. The bargaining power of suppliers: weak. The large amount of suppliers online has reduced the bargaining power of suppliers. Rivalry among Industry: medium. The Industry has grown rapidly in the past few years. 2. Driving forces: 1). the global growing population of Internet users. 2) The “Business-to-business e-commerce would be reached $12.4 trillion in 2012” according to the case. 3) The growth rate in online retail sales would continue to low. Company like eBay should expand in more markets to create more competitive advantages. 3. Key success factors: 1). the ability to “generate traffic” to the site in form of both new and returning customers. 2) Partnered with online shopping search engines. 3) Terrific advertising. 4) Good customer services. 4. The company’s position on the map is relatively good. Amazon.com would be the company’s closest rival. 5. SWOT analysis Strengths: good brand image for the online auction industry, good customer services, more than 2 billion goods for sale, industry dominator, large amount of registered users. Weakness: active users pose a low percentage and still declining; lose first mover...
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...An In Depth Analysis of Amazon Inc. In Relation to Information Technology Systems Table of Contents History page 3 Management page 4 Competitive Advantage page 5 Five Forces Model page 6 IT Strategy page 8 Value Chain page 9 E-Business page 13 Operating Systems page 15 Risk Assessment page 16 SWOT Analysis page 17 Supply Chain Management page 19 Customer Relationship Management page 19 Current Issues page 21 Recommendations and Conclusion page 22 Exhibits page 24 History Amazon.com, Inc. is a multicultural electronic commerce company founded in America by Jeffrey P. Bezos in 1994. It was originally named Cadabra, but was renamed after the Amazon River to bring into the picture a more powerful meaning (mashable). Amazon, since its release in 1995, has since become one of the Fortune 500 e-commerce company. In the business world, Amazon is currently the largest online retailer in the world. It manufactures consumer electronics, most widely known is the Amazon Kindle e-book reader, and has an extensive cloud computing service. Amazon’s start-up was initially only an online bookstore, giving Amazon an advantage of having more and readily available books than any long-established brick-and-mortar book store. By the last 1990’s, Amazon’s success had enabled an expansion from an online bookstore to a wide variety of other products...
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..... Maus I and Life is Beautiful Comparison Essay - Term ... www.studymode.com › Home › Geography Jul 22, 2014 - Maus I and Life is Beautiful Comparison Of all the Holocaust movies that exist, one in particular stands out. directed by Roberto Benigni in 1997 ... "Life Is Beautiful" vs. Maus Ii - College Essays - Noura41298 www.termpaperwarehouse.com › English and Literature Oct 2, 2014 - "Life Is Beautiful" vs. Maus Ii. There have been many re-tells of Holocaust survivor stories. For example, Maus II and “Life is Beautiful” are two ... Maus/Life is Beautiful Compare/Contrast rubric - RCampus https://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?code=S52W55&sp... iRubric S52W55: Compare/Contrast essay scoring rubric.. Free rubric builder and assessment tools. Works inspired by Maus | Analysis of Art Speigleman's ... mausgraphicmemoir.blogspot.com/2012/.../works-inspired-by-maus.htm... Jul 5, 2012 - Maus was serialized in the Raw magazine from 1980 to 1991. ... Roberto Benigni's 1997 italian film Life is Beautiful, original titled La vita è ... Analysis of Art Speigleman's Memoir MAUS mausgraphicmemoir.blogspot.com/ Jul 26, 2012 - Maus I is a memoir about his fathers life and experiences while in Germany ..... LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL says, I guess the message of that film was ... Life is Beautiful Movie Review - KillerMovies.com www.killermovies.com/l/lifeisbeautiful/reviews/9ri.html Mar 25, 1999 - Life is Beautiful Review ... an NPR piece that included commentary from Art Spiegelman...
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...Amazon Strategy Analysis The strategic planning processes. Amazon and other large enterprises to build your organization with a view - from the view of the company’s mission, goals and objectives are developed. Many times during the life of an organization is necessary for the organization to redefine the objectives of the organization on the basis of profitability, customer concerns, and the internal, external and international challenges. • Value Chain • Resource Based View • Financial Analysis Using an Analysis of the Value Chain Amazon Amazon has developed an analysis of the value chain of its Competitive Advantage “own internal operationally better assess how you can add value and sustain competitive advantage have used the value chain model of Michael Porter,"Create and maintain superior performance. " Example of a Strategic Plan Model - Amazon Internal Analysis Tools, Strategic Planning, Strategic Planning Models Primary activities and support activities Primary activities are those needed to produce a product or service to the end customers. These activities generally include: • Inbound Logistics: receiving goods from suppliers, and store and move the good • Operations: Manufacturing or assembly of the product • Outbound Logistics: The shipment of goods to wholesalers, retailers or directly to the final customer • Marketing and Sales: Marketing involves customer needs understanding, communicating...
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...Yelyzaveta Tymchenko Dale Williams English 1020-101 July 4, 2013 Should e-books Take Over? In the current world, it is hard to see people with paper books in their hands. But people with smart phones, PC’s and other technological innovations can be seen in every place. Is it true that nobody is reading paper books in the world anymore? Some people say that e-books are more ecological and useful because there is no need to waste paper. However, others have a different opinion, and think that nothing can replace traditional books. Some people argue that there is no need in paper books anymore, while others people argue that there is need in paper books, and that it is more beneficial than e-books. There are two main words that need to be defined: traditional books and e-books. Today, most of the people are familiar with the term book. On a daily basis humans are using books for information, studying, researching or just for reading during their leisure time. A book is defined by Oxford dictionary as “a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together on one edge and bound in covers”. It is a literary composition that is published or intended for publication as such a work (Oxford dictionary). Also, the term book can be referred to some literature works. In science a book can be called a magazine, journal or newspaper. However, as society grows everything is starting to improve, for example different technologies and even knowledge about certain things. ...
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...Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations UC Irvine Title: Competing in Book Retailing: The Case of Amazon.com Author: Shrikhande, Aarti; Gurbaxani, Viijay Publication Date: 11-01-1999 Series: I.T. in Business Publication Info: I.T. in Business, Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations, UC Irvine Permalink: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/67p057vv Citation: Shrikhande, Aarti, & Gurbaxani, Viijay. (1999). Competing in Book Retailing: The Case of Amazon.com. UC Irvine: Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations. Retrieved from: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/67p057vv eScholarship provides open access, scholarly publishing services to the University of California and delivers a dynamic research platform to scholars worldwide. COMPETING IN CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONS University of California, Irvine 3200 Berkeley Place Irvine, California 92697-4650 and Graduate School of Management AUTHORS: Aarti Shrikhande and Vijay Gurbaxani BOOK RETAILING: THE CASE OF AMAZON.COM NOVEMBER 1999 Acknowledgement: This research has been supported by grants from the CISE/IIS/CSS Division of the U.S. National Science Foundation and the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (CISE/EEC) to the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) at the University of California, Irvine. Industry sponsors include: ATL Products, the Boeing Company, Bristol-Myers...
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...Assignment 1: Best Buy Brooke Martin Date: Executive Summary (5%) Best Buy is a multinational retailer of technology, electronic and entertainment products and services, with locations in the US, Canada, Mexico, China and Europe. Best Buy operates roughly 4,000 stores in Canada, US, Mexico, China and Turkey, and they represent about 19% of the market. Best Buy as a company has expanded from what was a small retail operation to include many subsidiaries including Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales and Future Shop. Best Buy needs to be aware of their competition not only in terms of other large retail electronic stores, but their competition now also includes such big box stores as Walmart and on-line retailers such as Amazon.com. Best Buy has a few major challenges that they must be aware of, and continue to improve upon. Firstly, with the downturn of the economy and the consumer cut backs on spending, they must deal with consumers spending less on the products that Best Buy offers. They must focus on differentiating themselves from both physical and online retailers. This is where their customer commitment is vital to their success. Secondly, Best Buy must continue to place a large focus on their customer service, and the knowledge of their staff. Even if customers aren’t buying new products, they continue to have previously purchased products that will need to be serviced. Best Buy needs to offer a unique “shopping experience” to customers whether they...
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