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Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book is the definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos. Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To do so, he developed a corporate...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"An insightful look at how Amazon really works and how its founder and CEO makes it happen. Amazon's business model is deceptively simple: make online shopping so easy and convenient that customers won't think twice. It can almost be summed up by the button on every page: Buy now with one click. Why has Amazon been so successful? Much of it has to do with Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder, whose unique combination of character traits and business strategy...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"In 2017, Lina Khan published a paper that accused Amazon of being a monopoly, having grown so large, and embedded in so many industries, it was akin to a modern-day Standard Oil. Unlike Rockefeller's empire, however, Bezos's company had grown voraciously without much scrutiny. In fact, for over twenty years, Amazon had emerged as a Wall Street darling and its "customer obsession" approach made it indelibly attractive to consumers across the globe....
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Ted Striphas argues that, although the production and propagation of books have undoubtedly entered a new phase, printed works are still very much a part of our everyday lives. With examples from trade journals, news media, films, advertisements, and a host of other commercial and scholarly materials, Striphas tells a story of modern publishing that proves, even in a rapidly digitizing world, books are anything but dead. From the rise of retail superstores...
7) Amazon
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Amazon.com. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"-- Provided by publisher.
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