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      • January 2020 (Revised April 2020)
      • Teaching Note

      Brandless: Disrupting Consumer Packaged Goods

      By: Jill Avery
      Brandless, an online direct-to-consumer seller of upscale private-label consumer packaged goods (CPG), offered consumers a limited assortment of values-conscious products delivered directly to their homes with the simplicity of one fixed $3.00 price point that promised... View Details
      Keywords: Brand; Brand Management; DTC; Private Label; Groceries; Packaged Food; Personal Care; Startups; Retailing; Amazon; Brands and Branding; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Business Startups; Disruption; E-commerce; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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      Avery, Jill. "Brandless: Disrupting Consumer Packaged Goods." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 520-058, January 2020. (Revised April 2020.)
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      Signaling When Nobody Is Watching: A Reputation Heuristics Account of Outrage and Punishment in One-shot Anonymous Interactions

      By: Jillian J. Jordan and David G. Rand
      Moralistic punishment can confer reputation benefits by signaling trustworthiness to observers. However, why do people punish even when nobody is watching? We argue that people often rely on the heuristic that reputation is typically at stake, such that reputation... View Details
      Keywords: Signaling; Morality; Trustworthiness; Anger; Third-party Punishment; Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Trust; Reputation
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      Jordan, Jillian J., and David G. Rand. "Signaling When Nobody Is Watching: A Reputation Heuristics Account of Outrage and Punishment in One-shot Anonymous Interactions." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 118, no. 1 (January 2020).
      • December 2019
      • Case

      Walmart Ecommerce (B): Omnichannel Pursuits

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
      This case is an abridged version (part 2 of 2) of "Walmart's Omnichannel Strategy: Revolution or Miscalculation?" HBS Case No. 720-370. The (B) case describes Walmart’s omnichannel strategy in 2018 as it battled Amazon for online retail market share. Walmart aimed to... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Bentonville; Arkansas; United States
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Walmart Ecommerce (B): Omnichannel Pursuits." Harvard Business School Case 720-426, December 2019.
      • September 2019 (Revised August 2020)
      • Case

      Engineering an Inclusive Bioeconomy

      By: Tarun Khanna, Raffaella Sadun and Susie L. Ma
      In 2019, entrepreneur Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio was developing a project he hoped could generate and share wealth from the natural resources of the Amazon without destroying those resources. His idea, called Earth Bank of Codes (EBC), would create a library of the... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Making; Development Economics; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Marketplace Matching; Science; Genetics; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Social Enterprise; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Information Technology; Ownership; Social Psychology; Trust; Society; Biotechnology Industry; South America; Amazon Basin
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      Khanna, Tarun, Raffaella Sadun, and Susie L. Ma. "Engineering an Inclusive Bioeconomy." Harvard Business School Case 720-356, September 2019. (Revised August 2020.)
      • 2019
      • Article

      More Amazon Effects: Online Competition and Pricing Behaviors

      By: Alberto Cavallo
      I study how online competition, with its shrinking margins, algorithmic pricing technologies, and the transparency of the web, can change the pricing behavior of large retailers in the U.S. and affect aggregate inflation dynamics. In particular, I show that in the past... View Details
      Keywords: Amazon; Online Prices; Inflation; Uniform Pricing; Price Stickiness; Monetary Economics; Economics; Macroeconomics; Inflation and Deflation; System Shocks; United States
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      Cavallo, Alberto. "More Amazon Effects: Online Competition and Pricing Behaviors." Jackson Hole Economic Symposium Conference Proceedings (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City) (2019).
      • August 2019
      • Case

      Walmart's Omnichannel Strategy: Revolution or Miscalculation?

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
      This case describes Walmart's omnichannel strategy in 2018 as it battled Amazon for online retail market share. The case discusses Walmart's early forays into online retail, as well as its 2018 strategy, which aimed to integrate Walmart's enormous brick and mortar... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Competition; Retail Industry; Bentonville; Arkansas; New Jersey; Seattle; United States
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Walmart's Omnichannel Strategy: Revolution or Miscalculation?" Harvard Business School Case 720-370, August 2019.
      • May 2019 (Revised August 2019)
      • Teaching Note

      X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: Is Amazon a Friend or Foe? (A) and (B)

      By: Feng Zhu
      Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 617-046 and 617-047. View Details
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      Zhu, Feng. "X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: Is Amazon a Friend or Foe? (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 619-072, May 2019. (Revised August 2019.)
      • February 2019
      • Teaching Note

      Whole Foods under Amazon

      By: Dennis Campbell, Tatiana Sandino and Kyle Thomas
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      Campbell, Dennis, Tatiana Sandino, and Kyle Thomas. "Whole Foods under Amazon." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 119-080, February 2019.
      • October 2018
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      Competing with Complementors: An Empirical Look at Amazon.com

      By: Feng Zhu and Qihong Liu
      Platform owners sometimes enter complementors' product spaces to compete against them directly. Prior studies have offered two possible explanations for such entries: platform owners may target the most successful complementors so as to appropriate value from their... View Details
      Keywords: Amazon; Complementors; Co-opetition; Entry; Platform-based Markets; Competition; Digital Platforms; Competitive Strategy
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      Zhu, Feng, and Qihong Liu. "Competing with Complementors: An Empirical Look at Amazon.com." Strategic Management Journal 39, no. 10 (October 2018): 2618–2642.
      • June 2018 (Revised January 2020)
      • Case

      Voice War: Hey Google vs. Alexa vs. Siri

      By: David B. Yoffie, Liang Wu, Jodie Sweitzer, Denzil Eden and Karan Ahuja
      By early 2018, voice-controlled intelligent assistants had become a major new front in the battle between the giants of the technology sector. "Voice War" focuses on Alphabet’s strategy for Google Assistant, its entrant in the voice assistant space, and asks how the... View Details
      Keywords: Alphabet; Amazon; Apple; Strategy; Technology; Intelligent Assistants; Smart Speaker; Voice Assistants; Voice; Platform; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Competitive Strategy; Product Positioning; Technology Industry
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      Yoffie, David B., Liang Wu, Jodie Sweitzer, Denzil Eden, and Karan Ahuja. "Voice War: Hey Google vs. Alexa vs. Siri." Harvard Business School Case 718-519, June 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
      • April 2018
      • Supplement

      Flipkart (B): The Ongoing Battle for India's E-Commerce Market

      By: Sunil Gupta, Das Narayandas and Rachna Tahilyani
      In 2017, both Flipkart and Amazon claimed leadership position in India's recently concluded key annual festive season sale, but it was too early to declare victory. Amazon continues to invest heavily in India. Competition from newer players is increasing. Media reports... View Details
      Keywords: Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Competition; Retail Industry; India
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      Gupta, Sunil, Das Narayandas, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Flipkart (B): The Ongoing Battle for India's E-Commerce Market." Harvard Business School Supplement 518-097, April 2018.
      • March 2018 (Revised July 2018)
      • Case

      Whole Foods Under Amazon

      By: Dennis Campbell, Tatiana Sandino, James Barnett and Christine Snively
      In August 2017, Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion. Whole Foods was struggling with high costs and faced growing competition from traditional supermarkets offering more organic products. Prior to the acquisition, Whole Foods began rolling out a new... View Details
      Keywords: Performance Efficiency; Performance Improvement; Employee Relationship Management; Acquisition; Change Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry
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      Campbell, Dennis, Tatiana Sandino, James Barnett, and Christine Snively. "Whole Foods Under Amazon." Harvard Business School Case 118-074, March 2018. (Revised July 2018.)
      • February 2018
      • Case

      Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home

      By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
      Amazon, Google, and Apple all offer their own smart speaker. The devices represent each firm's entry point into the connected home market. All three companies come into the space with their own strengths and weaknesses. Who will win? View Details
      Keywords: Apple; Apple Inc.; Google; Amazon; Amazon.com; Google Home; Homepod; Echo; Smart Home; Connected Home; Voice; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Internet Of Things; Smart Speaker; Connected Speaker; Intelligent Assistants; Virtual Assistants; Voice Assistants; Alexa; Google Assistant; Siri; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Competitive Strategy; Business Strategy; Adoption; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Household; AI and Machine Learning; Electronics Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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      Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home." Harvard Business School Case 518-035, February 2018.
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      What Could Amazon's Approach to Health Care Look Like?

      By: Robert S. Huckman
      Keywords: Health Care; Amazon; Health Insurance; Information Technology; United States
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      Huckman, Robert S. "What Could Amazon's Approach to Health Care Look Like?" Harvard Business Review (website) (February 6, 2018).
      • February 2018 (Revised August 2019)
      • Case

      Amazon's HQ2 (A)

      By: Karen Mills and Jan W. Rivkin
      In September 2017, the Internet giant Amazon announced that it aimed to open a second headquarters in some city other than Seattle, its current home base. By 2032, the company projected, this “HQ2” would be home to as many as 50,000 high-paying tech jobs and up to $5... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Development; Headquarters; Local Government; Incentives; Business Headquarters; Business and Government Relations; Development Economics
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      Mills, Karen, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Amazon's HQ2 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 718-494, February 2018. (Revised August 2019.)
      • January 2018 (Revised March 2019)
      • Teaching Note

      Jumia Nigeria: from Retail to Marketplace (A) and (B)

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
      Founded in 2012, Jumia Nigeria, a startup effort by Germany-based Rocket Internet, aimed to become an African Amazon. The company entered the nascent market and immediately enjoyed an uptick in consumer spending fueled by the strength of Nigeria’s oil-based economy. By... View Details
      Keywords: Retail; Marketplace; Inventory; Ecommerce; Funding; Business Ecosystems; Competition; Business Model; Globalization; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Logistics; E-commerce; Retail Industry; India; Nigeria; Africa
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Jumia Nigeria: from Retail to Marketplace (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 718-467, January 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
      • January 2018
      • Supplement

      Jumia Nigeria PowerPoint Supplement

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
      Founded in 2012, Jumia Nigeria, a startup effort by Germany-based Rocket Internet, aimed to become an African Amazon. The company entered the nascent market and immediately enjoyed an uptick in consumer spending fueled by the strength of Nigeria’s oil-based economy. By... View Details
      Keywords: Retail; Marketplace; Inventory; Nigeria; Africa; Ecommerce; Funding; Business Ecosystems; Business Ecosystem; Competition; Business Model; Globalization; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Logistics; E-commerce; Retail Industry; India; Nigeria; Africa
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Jumia Nigeria PowerPoint Supplement." Harvard Business School PowerPoint Supplement 718-468, November 2017.
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      Popular Acceptance of Inequality Due to Innate Brute Luck and Support for Classical Benefit-based Taxation

      By: Matthew C. Weinzierl
      U.S. survey respondents' views on distributive justice differ in two specific, related ways from what is conventionally assumed in modern optimal tax research. When expressing their preferences over allocations in stylized, hypothetical scenarios meant to isolate key... View Details
      Keywords: Optimal Taxation; Welfarism; Luck; Benefit-based Taxation; Taxation; Equality and Inequality; Attitudes
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      Weinzierl, Matthew C. "Popular Acceptance of Inequality Due to Innate Brute Luck and Support for Classical Benefit-based Taxation." Journal of Public Economics 155 (November 2017): 54–63. (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-104, March 2016; revised July 2016, and NBER Working Paper Series, No. 22462, July 2016. See Notes on Fortune article.)
      • October 2017 (Revised October 2022)
      • Case

      Jumia Nigeria: from Retail to Marketplace (A)

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Namrata Arora
      Founded in 2012, Jumia Nigeria, a startup effort by Germany-based Rocket Internet, aimed to become an African Amazon. The company entered the nascent market and immediately enjoyed an uptick in consumer spending fueled by the strength of Nigeria’s oil-based economy. By... View Details
      Keywords: Retail; Marketplace; Inventory; Ecommerce; Funding; Business Ecosystem; Business Ecosystems; Competition; Business Model; Globalization; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Logistics; Competitive Strategy; E-commerce; Retail Industry; India; Nigeria; Africa
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Namrata Arora. "Jumia Nigeria: from Retail to Marketplace (A)." Harvard Business School Case 718-401, October 2017. (Revised October 2022.)
      • March 2017 (Revised February 2018)
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      VMware and the Public Cloud

      By: Raffaella Sadun and Christine Snively
      In 2015, VMware, a pioneer in server and network virtualization and a member of parent company EMC’s “federation” of companies, had set its sights on becoming a leading public cloud provider. Two years prior, VMware first entered the public cloud market with its vCloud... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Growth and Development Strategy; Internet and the Web; Computer Industry; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
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      Sadun, Raffaella, and Christine Snively. "VMware and the Public Cloud." Harvard Business School Case 717-480, March 2017. (Revised February 2018.)
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