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      What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents
      From an early age, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had a passion for inventing. In The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, journalist Brad...
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      • November 2020 (Revised March 2021)
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      Amazon: Cult or Culture?

      By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott and Tricia Gregg
      Amazon was one of the first entrants in e-commerce. Under the leadership of founder Jeff Bezos, Amazon had expanded beyond books to manufacturing and selling a wide range of products and services globally. Bezos had built a customer-centric culture that permeated all...  View Details
      Keywords: Culture; Technology Companies; Retail; Human Resource Practices; Growth; Founder; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Growth Management; Technology; Human Resources; Talent And Talent Management; Retail Industry; Technology Industry
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      Groysberg, Boris, Sarah L. Abbott, and Tricia Gregg. "Amazon: Cult or Culture?" Harvard Business School Case 421-008, November 2020. (Revised March 2021.)
      • May 17, 2019
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      Amazon's Priorities Over the Years, Based on Jeff Bezos's Letters to Shareholders

      By: Tricia Gregg and Boris Groysberg
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      Gregg, Tricia, and Boris Groysberg. "Amazon's Priorities Over the Years, Based on Jeff Bezos's Letters to Shareholders." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 17, 2019).
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      Space, the Final Economic Frontier

      By: Matthew C. Weinzierl
      After decades of centralized control of economic activity in space, NASA and U.S. policymakers have begun to cede the direction of human activities in space to commercial companies. NASA garnered more than 0.7% of GDP in the mid-1960s but is only around 0.1% of GDP...  View Details
      Keywords: Emerging Markets; Economics; Private Sector; Aerospace Industry
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      Weinzierl, Matthew C. "Space, the Final Economic Frontier." Journal of Economic Perspectives 32, no. 2 (Spring 2018): 173–192.
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      What Ernest Shackleton Has In Common with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk

      By: Nitin Nohria
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      Nohria, Nitin. "What Ernest Shackleton Has In Common with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk." Boston Globe (May 12, 2016).
      • February 2016 (Revised May 2016)
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      Blue Origin, NASA, and New Space (A)

      By: Matthew Weinzierl and Angela Acocella
      Jeff Bezos, six years after starting a revolution in retailing with Amazon.com, turned his life-long passion for space into a start-up, Blue Origin. Blue (as it was called) was a part of the New Space industry, a collection of startup aerospace engineering companies...  View Details
      Keywords: Cost Vs Benefits; Partners And Partnerships; Transportation; Business Startups; Government And Politics; Business And Government Relations; Aerospace Industry
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      Weinzierl, Matthew, and Angela Acocella. "Blue Origin, NASA, and New Space (A)." Harvard Business School Case 716-012, February 2016. (Revised May 2016.)
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      Being an Entrepreneur: A Right Only for America's Well-connected?

      By: Karen G. Mills
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship
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      Mills, Karen G. "Being an Entrepreneur: A Right Only for America's Well-connected?" Fortune.com (September 17, 2015).
      • August 2015 (Revised October 2019)
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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; Market Platforms; Two-sided Platforms; Competition; Internet; Corporate Strategy; Online Advertising; 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; Hardware; Information Technology; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Technology Networks; Technology Platform; Web; Web Sites; Price; Software; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Working Capital; Customer Focus And Relationships; Customer Value And Value Chain; Retail Industry; Advertising Industry; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment And Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Motion Pictures And Video Industry; Music Industry; Publishing Industry; Shipping Industry; Technology Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; United States; Washington (state, Us); Seattle
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      Wells, John R., Benjamin Weinstock, Gabriel Ellsworth, and Galen Danskin. "Amazon.com, 2021." Harvard Business School Case 716-402, August 2015. (Revised October 2019.)
      • November 2002 (Revised February 2003)
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      Amazon.com-2002

      By: Stig Leschly, Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Todd H Thedinga
      Describes the evolution of Amazon.com and its business model since its founding. Specifically, discusses Amazon's transformation from an e-Tailer to a commerce platform and its marketplace initiative, which has driven this. Also describes the economics of various...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Market Platforms; Online Technology; Transformation; Retail Industry
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      Leschly, Stig, Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman, and Todd H Thedinga. "Amazon.com-2002." Harvard Business School Case 803-098, November 2002. (Revised February 2003.)
      • February 2001 (Revised November 2009)
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      Amazon.com (C)

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport
      At the end of 1998, Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos ponders the next moves for his company. Having secured the leadership position as the leading online book seller in the United States, Amazon.com has now moved into the product categories of CDs and videos by...  View Details
      Keywords: Expansion; Internet; Business Growth And Maturation; Books; Growth And Development Strategy; Retail Industry; Germany; United Kingdom; United States
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      Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Dickson Louie. "Amazon.com (C)." Harvard Business School Case 901-021, February 2001. (Revised November 2009.)
      • February 2001 (Revised November 2009)
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      Amazon.com (D)

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dickson Louie and William A. Sahlman
      At the end of 1999, Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos--just named Time Magazine's Man of the Year--ponders the next moves for his company. Having expanded into numerous categories in 1999, ranging from Z-shops to Auctions to E-cards as well as increasing the number...  View Details
      Keywords: Growth And Development Strategy; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Online Technology; Retail Industry
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      Rayport, Jeffrey F., Dickson Louie, and William A. Sahlman. "Amazon.com (D)." Harvard Business School Case 901-022, February 2001. (Revised November 2009.)
      • March 1997 (Revised April 1998)
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      Amazon.com (A)

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport
      Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, an Internet-based bookseller, has created one of the most successful ventures for electronic commerce on the Web. With revenue growing at a pace of 30% per month, Bezos attributes the success of Amazon.com to its value...  View Details
      Keywords: Competition; Internet; Entrepreneurship; Retail Industry
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      Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Dickson Louie. "Amazon.com (A)." Harvard Business School Case 897-128, March 1997. (Revised April 1998.)
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      What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents
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