Category: Amazon

  • Yahoo and Amazon: Building a Competitive Advantage

    Table of Contents Brief history of the companies Key strategic differences Strategic planning: Comparative analysis Distinctive competencies Recommendations Conclusion References Brief history of the companies The Yahoo and the Amazon are online companies which also offer similar trading platforms across the globe. The Amazon.com was established in the year 1994. The company has been active…

  • Amazon Company’s Executives and Shareholders

    Amazon’s board of directors is not entirely independent from the management due to the fact that Jeff Bezos, who serves as the Chairman of the Board, also happens to be the CEO of the company. In 2018, more than a quarter of the shareholders voted for replacing him with an independent chairman (Sum Of Us,…

  • Amazon Empire. Pros and Cons of Company Policy

    Amazon’s success makes many people wonder at what price this breakthrough was obtained. The purpose of this documentary was to explore the goals and motives that drive the company and its head, Jeff Bezos, on the path to progress (FRONTLINE PBS, 2020). As it was found out during the investigation, the company’s policy is built…

  • Amazon Delivery Processes Overview

    Amazon is the largest supplier of many products in the world. Every day this company receives thousands of orders and delivers them to customers (Skaggs, 2017). Popularity has forced company leaders to pay attention to the quality of work. In particular, this affected the speed and convenience of delivery. Customers are now becoming more demanding,…

  • Amazon’s Variance Analysis of Deviations

    The author states in his work that Amazon uses variance analysis of deviations as a financial analyst. This approach has several disadvantages that should mention. The biggest disadvantage of using variance analysis is that it can be affected by outliers and extreme values. The standard deviation assumes a normal distribution and calculates all uncertainty as…

  • The Amazon Company’s Analytical Report

    Amazon is one of the biggest and most well-known e-commerce companies in the world. As of 2021, its online sales accounted for 41% of the market share in the U.S. compared to other e-commerce retailers (“Market Share of Leading Retail E-Commerce Companies”). Moreover, apart from its main activity, the company is also involved in online…

  • Selling Products on Amazon: PedalSpark

    PedalSpark is a small maker of high-end electric bicycles, and the firm considers an opportunity of whether it is suitable to start selling its products on Amazon. It is not an easy question, and specific research is required to get insight into the topic. That is why the given paper will present two questions that…

  • Amazon Company’s Strategy Plan

    Table of Contents Amazon’s Plan Porter’s Model IS Strategy of Amazon The Strategy of Competitors-International and Local Conclusion References Amazon intends to enter the global market. According to the expert’s point of view, the company takes small steps for the accomplishment of the goal. A couple of years earlier, the company introduced the idea of…

  • Reinventing E-Commerce: Amazon’s Bet on Unmanned Vehicle Delivery

    Table of Contents Analysis Proposed Recommendations References Amazon, a major retail corporation, decided to develop drones to perform a delivery function. The initiative dates back to the 1980s when Michael Aldrich invented a method of connection of firms with their consumers. When the Internet secured customers’ safety and provided a decent connection, the barriers to…

  • Amazon.com Inc.’s Performance Analysis via Charts

    Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction The future of the retail market lies in online stores. Amazon has been one of the most successful players in this field in the United States. However, this takeover has been reported to have an adverse impact on the company’s profitability (Evans, 2020). Discussion Figure 1. Amazon…