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- August 2015 (Revised June 2021)
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Amazon.com, 2021
By: John R. Wells, Benjamin Weinstock, Gabriel Ellsworth and Galen Danskin
In February 2021, Amazon announced 2020 operating profits of $22,899 million, up from $2,233 million in 2015, on sales of $386 billion, up from $107 billion five years earlier (see Exhibit 1). The shareholders expressed their satisfaction (see Exhibit 2), but not all... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Retail; E-commerce; Amazon; Internet; Amazon.com; AmazonFresh; Jeff Bezos; Cloud Computing; Marketplaces; Streaming; E-reader Market; Digital Media; Mobile App; Online Retail; Shipping; Database; Tablet; Kindle; Kindle Fire; Smartphone; Delivery; Digital Platforms; Competition; Internet and the Web; Corporate Strategy; Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Profit; Revenue; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Taxation; Business History; Human Resources; Resignation and Termination; Books; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Development; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Work-Life Balance; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Price; Applications and Software; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Working Capital; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; United States; Washington (state, US); Seattle
Wells, John R., Benjamin Weinstock, Gabriel Ellsworth, and Galen Danskin. "Amazon.com, 2021." Harvard Business School Case 716-402, August 2015. (Revised June 2021.)
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
"pushback," and argumentation they had been encouraging. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508081 Upgrading the Economy: Industrial Policy and Taiwan's Semiconductor View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
was co-authored by Elizabeth O. Teisberg and published in 2006 following 10 years of research into why the health care industry did not conform to the principles of competition seen in all other sectors of... View Details
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Frameworks & Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Strategy Frameworks & Key Concepts Michael Porter & Competitiveness In 1990, Michael Porter published The Competitive Advantage of Nations , an examination of how prosperity is created and sustained in the modern global economy. The... View Details
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
led to the emergence of new industrial clusters around the world. In this paper, we examine how "first nature" location fundamentals and "second nature" agglomeration economies jointly determine the global landscape of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
results. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/713537-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 814-014 Sample6: Innovating to Make Food Safer Tim Curran, CEO of Sample6, a start-up biotechnology company developing a novel food safety diagnostics platform, must decide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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About | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
social enterprise, leading social enterprise field-based and career efforts, and helping practitioners interact with students in a variety of ways in order to meet their organizations' goals. Before joining Social Enterprise, she worked in the School's Marketing and... View Details
- March 2006 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Massive Incorporated (A)
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Clark Gilbert and Victoria Winston
How do you go to market with a brand new product in a new industry? How does a business develop an opportunity and then adapt its strategy to ensure success? Who are the early adopters and how does a business work with them? Katherine Hays, chief operating office at... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Product Launch; Digital Marketing; Business Startups; Advertising Industry
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, Clark Gilbert, and Victoria Winston. "Massive Incorporated (A)." Harvard Business School Case 806-126, March 2006. (Revised February 2007.)
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
streaming and esports, and more industry consolidation? Drawing on dozens of recent case studies, Professor Elberse walked participants through the likely future of the entertainment industry and outline the... View Details
- September 2011 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Airbnb
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Evan W. Richardson
Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, the three founders of Airbnb, an online private accommodation rental market, stared at each other across the kitchen table in their San Francisco apartment. It was March of 2009. A single sheet of paper sat on the table... View Details
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coaches. In that role, she also led the Career development program team and doubled career development programs offered to alumni and students. In her current work with HBS, Lauren skillfully coaches students and alumni across all View Details
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- 23 Jan 2024
- Book
More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World
"This technology has the power to revolutionize multibillion-dollar industries and small businesses alike, enhancing current revenue lines and creating entirely new ones." And just as neighborhoods often form a sense of community and... View Details
- 18 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View
Common wisdom holds that oil and gas companies, electric utilities, and other industries known for their large carbon emissions generally oppose clean energy policies. Now, a study of corporate advocacy spanning 30 years reveals that many companies are more flexible... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s... View Details
- 02 Mar 2007
- What Do You Think?
What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?
various free market mechanisms for addressing these issues. Where to start? Paul Jackson suggests that "The only thing the government should be involved with is controlling the drug, insurance, and medical industry advertising spending... View Details
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Faculty & Research - Health Care
Research Professor Raffaella Sadun on Improving Care in Hospitals Professor John Beshears on how the nudge movement can improve healthy behavior John Beshears Research 3,851 Faculty publications on health care 20 % Faculty conducting health care research 100 Faculty... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
authors go beyond the common belief of retail as a monolithic industry and provide a framework that any brick-and-mortar retailer can use to respond to the eCommerce threat. Through six examples, this book demonstrates how this framework... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Business History - Faculty & Research
Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski This article examines the evolution of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry between the 1950s and the 1980s. It focuses on two companies,... View Details
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Leadership - Faculty & Research
and sustainability. That's the central and animating theme of "The Rise of HR: Wisdom from 73 Thought Leaders," a new anthology published by the HR Certification Institute. Professor Hill's essay addresses the question of how to develop... View Details
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Leadership Initiative - Leadership
a book, Genius at Scale: How Great Leaders Drive Innovation, that will be published in early 2026, which introduces the 3 roles of leading innovation at scale across organizations and ecosystems: architect, bridger, and catalyst. Hill’s... View Details