Amazon - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 2017 (Revised August 2019)
Case

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

By: Feng Zhu and Angela Acocella

Three years after launching his brick-and-mortar store, X Fire Paintball and Airsoft, Steve Herbert Sr. and his sons began selling products on Amazon.com’s third-party Marketplace, and online sales expanded rapidly. Over time, X Fire noticed that products of which it... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Competition; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Small Business; Retail Industry; Canada

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23 Apr 2014
News

Amazon is paying its employees to quit

13 Nov 2018
News

Amazon Doesn't Deliver Its HQ2 To Boston

20 Mar 2012
News

Robotics Warehouse Company Now Part of Amazon

Keywords: robots; robotics; warehouse; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

20 Aug 2015
News

Note to Amazon: Run More Tests on Workplace Practices

Keywords: Amazon; data testing; workplace environment; best practices

23 Apr 2024
Cold Call Podcast

Amazon in Seattle: The Role of Business in Causing and Solving a Housing Crisis

Keywords: Re: Paul M. Healy; Technology

February 2024
Case

Enhancing the Amazon Alexa Conversation with Ads

By: Sara McKinley Torti

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26 Nov 2014
News

Taking Apple’s Lead, Amazon Considers Getting Physical

February 2023
Teaching Note

Amazon and the Future of Organized Labor

By: Reshmaan Hussam, Trevor Fetter and Grace Liu

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 723-030. View Details

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Purchase

25 Aug 2018
News

The Other Amazon Effect: How Prices Have Become Less Insulated From Supply Shocks

Article

Ten Reasons Amazon Kindle Fire Will Succeed

By: Sunil Gupta

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21 May 2019
News

If the Key to Business Success Is Focus, Why Does Amazon Work?

21 May 2019
Cold Call Podcast

If the Key to Business Success Is Focus, Why Does Amazon Work?

Keywords: Re: Sunil Gupta; Retail

01 Jun 2020
What Do You Think?

Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?

ablokhin SUMMING UP Is the Amazon Organization Losing Its Ability to Learn? There was little sympathy for Amazon’s loss of online retail market share at the outset of the current global pandemic among respondents to this month’s column.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail