Essays on Amazon

The New York Times Article on Amazon Company Innovation

Amazon Company is an international company conducting electronic commerce. The company sells goods over the internet. Amazon has the ability to reach markets all over the world and target consumers who are in emerging markets.
As result of its widespread markets, Amazon uses credit cards to receive payments from its clients. Customers who use their credit cards or their United Kingdom debit cards are required to give the details of their cards when they are making orders (Streitfield 1). After the first order has been made, the company’s customer-care personnel often give the client further instructions on how Continue reading...

FedEx is made up of several divisions. The most significant division, and market leader in its segment is its FedEx Express unit. The FedEx Express unit is the world's number one express service carrier. FedEx Express delivers three and a half million packages every day to two hundred and twenty countries. FedEx owns a fleet of six hundred ninety airplanes, and fifty thousand motor vehicles and trailers. FedEx Office retail outlets and shops offer document-related and business services. These retail outlets also function as hubs for other FedEx units ("FedEx corporation competition," 2014). When FedEx is measured against all Continue reading...

IPAD Marketing Analysis

Introduction
The competitive nature of the business environment in view of a globalized economy and a tremendous surge in technological developments on a daily basis has made the playground cut throat to not only sustain but also grow the business.
The success of an organization lies in its undertaking to a thorough investigation of potential opportunities in meeting the needs of the customer wants in accordance with the current trends which make them own the product in view of the image created.
Apple’s iPad has been one product which shows what the company is all about in terms Continue reading...

Marketing concept and strategies of Apple Company

The Apple Company has employed various marketing concept and strategies in enhancing the customer's relationship. Google and Amazon companies have also considered the same concepts to enhance their relationship with their customers. To maintain this relationship, the companies have considered and given the customers feedback priority in the decision making. The management of these companies has developed customer relation by putting an effort in the understanding their expectations. This leads to translation of the expectation into quality improvement (Corbae, Jensen, & Schneider, 2003). This has gained these companies competitive advantage in computer marketing both locally and internationally.
Customer's retention comes Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

One of the most fascinating aspects of cloud computing is the autonomy it offers. Though it has been with us, not for long, it is undisputable it has proven to be a vital commercial and SME success catalyst and hopefully will continue for the next decades. Clouds are of interest not only with expanding tendency to outsource IT to cut on management overheads but also to widen existing limited IT infrastructures. Even more notably, they reduce the entrance barrier for new players to deliver their respective goods and services to a wider market with minimal entry and exit costs Continue reading...

Article # 1 - How to Get More Visitors to Click, Buy or Promote on Your Site:

When we talk about perfection in a website, there is no such thing. In other words, it means that there is always a room for improvement and betterment. The point to ponder is how to improve one’s website. The first step is to determine the primary goal of website. What purpose does it serve to the target audience? Is the purpose of the page to promote it on social media, encourage people to call you, get chances to fill out a form or to generate online sales? Once a person understands what the goal is all about, the Continue reading...

1. Porter's Five Forces analysis: the book publishing industry.
The largest book publishers are Global companies from many nations. Below is a snapshot of the twelve largest book companies in the world ("World's 60 Largest Book Publishing Companies"). Random House is number five on the list.
All of the large firms face similar challenges and opportunities. The Porter’s Five Forces Analysis for Book Publishers is below.
2. What are the merits to consolidation in book publishing? How large or small are these benefits?
Jeremy Greenfield of Forbes magazine writes that book publishers thought that their revenues were huge, Continue reading...

This is a book review, Fordlandia: the rise and fall of Henry Ford’s forgotten jungle city, written by Professor Greg Grandin. It talks about how Henry Ford built the American city in South America, Amazon, for rubber trees Grandin (2010). Ford needed rubber for cars production; it was the only suitable place in South America. He was looking for a place which looked like the American cities; with good streets and water to drink Watts(2005). The people there did not like how Henry Ford did his business and paid wages, so they developed a certain habit Raff Continue reading...

Abstract

Netflix, Blockbuster and Amazon are currently dominating the video content industry. The Netflix business model is dominated by rental DVD movies which includes online downloading from websites. The product differentiation in this industry is based on the type of services offered by each company, and the extent of their reach to customers. A new technology that poses a threat to the DVD rental model is the Video on Demand. Video on Demand or Audio Video on Demand allows instant access for viewers to their favorite movies, television programs, and music. The requested content is directly loaded on the viewer’ Continue reading...

Management Team of Musictogo

MARKET STUDY OUTLINE
1. INTRODUCTION

A. OBJECTIVE

This report contains the results of a market study conducted for the Global Corporation “Musictogo” headquartered in the USA. This study evaluated the market readiness and appetite for a new generation mp3 player to compete with Apple’s “Ipod” product. Only the Netherlands market was considered in this study.

B. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY

For this study it was necessary to determine how Musictogo’s next generation mp3 player would perform against the incumbent mp3 provider, Apple Corporation’s Ipod mp3 player.
The Ipod’s performance was evaluated against major competitors with emphasis on features/functionalities and price. The Netherlands Continue reading...

HMV Group’s Segmentation, targeting and positioning analysis

If we look at the way HMV group approaches its target markets, we find that it is trying to position itself as a retail-entertainment store by selling games, DVDs, gaming consoles, electronic items such as DVD players and headphones. Through its online website https://hmvdigital.ie/, it also sells digital content much like the current market leader iTunes.
As per Kotler (2011), marketers can never satisfy everyone in the market. Not everyone likes the same music, artist, movie or director. Therefore, marketers start by dividing the markets into different segments. By identifying different segments, they recognise a specific group of buyers Continue reading...

Marketplace Competition

His Master’s Voice (HMV) Ireland is an entertainment retailer dealing in audio, books, DVD’s, video games, posters, computer hardware and software. HMV has a number of their big league competitors in both the physical and digital platforms; rivalry is especially brutal in the digital media since the development of the internet during the early 2000. Their physical platform includes distribution through mediums such as physical DVD’s or books, while on their digital platform mediums such as the internet are used to distribute merchandise such as ebooks, movie and audio file through downloads. Some of their chief Continue reading...

Question 1

Amazon has the benefit of eliminating overhead as well as carrying hefty quantities of inventory because it usually orders these books from it distributors. The company has grown to emerge as one of the largest retailing online companies as well as the largest e-commerce retailer globally. It avails goods such as books, clothing, toys, and electronics at competitive prices. Additionally, Amazon usually spends much of the earned cash in building more satisfying centers in order to accommodate more data and technology offerings. Walmart is among the largest e-commerce retailer on the internet, which provides Amazon with stiff competition. Walmart Continue reading...

Abstract

Netflix, Blockbuster and Amazon are currently dominating the video content industry. The Netflix business model is dominated by rental DVD movies which includes online downloading from websites. The product differentiation in this industry is based on the type of services offered by each company, and the extent of their reach to customers. A new technology which poses a threat to the DVD rental model is the Video on Demand. Video on Demand or Audio Video on Demand allows instant access for viewers to their favorite movies, television programs, and music. The requested content is directly loaded on the viewer’ Continue reading...

Stock Analysis of Amazon and J.C. Penney
- The two stocks selected are Amazon (AMZN) and J.C. Penney (JCP). Amazon is an American e-commerce company (online retailer) with a market capitalization of $171B, and J.C.Penney is an American clothes retailer with a market capitalization of $2.64B. These two stocks are of particular interest for our study period. Amazon is interesting because it is a strong growth internet company who is trying to innovate and convince its investors of its ability to sustain high growth rates. J.C. Penney is interesting because it is considered as a “fallen angel”, a previously Continue reading...

This case deals with the story of Apple Inc. in 2010. In spite of the great recession that had hit the United States in 2008, Apple Inc. had celebrated the record quarterly revenues and sales of its computer, smartphones and tablets during the third quarter of 2010. The company’s quarterly revenues of $15.7 billion were its highest ever quarterly sales figure. Apple had sold 3.47 million Macs, 3.3 million iPads and 8.4 million iPhones during the quarter (Marino,L. & Gamble,J.2010. Apple Inc. in 2010. c153). Although the sales of its flagship iPod declined from the previous quarter, Continue reading...

The film Aguirre, The wrath of God, is a 1972 German film. It is an adventure art film that was directed by Werner Herzog. The central character in the film is Klaus Kinski. The film gives the tale of a Spanish soldier who guides a team of conquistadores along the Orinoco and Amazon River in South America looking for a mythical city of gold. Through the use of a simple story and conversation, the film builds an image of madness and folly, counterpointed by the luxuriant but harsh Amazon jungle.
The film brings out a number of themes that Continue reading...

Compare and Contrast between Paper Book and Kindle Ebook

Amazon’s kindle EBooks have penetrated the book retail market making a huge impact in the publishing industry. Given that the book retail market were solely controlled by a paper book industry until several years ago, the debate of which between the two is better has been brewing ever since. As a result, this essay will compare and contrast between the two. This will enable the readers make an informed decision in choosing between the two the next time they want to purchase a copy from their beloved authors.
Several issues can be addressed when comparing utilization between the Continue reading...

Pose a Challenge to Netflix’s DVD Rental Model.

Pose a Challenge to Netflix’s DVD Rental Model.

Abstract.

Till now the video content industry has been dominated by companies like Netflix, Blockbuster and Amazon. Their business model is rental of movie DVDs by various means, including movie downloads from their websites. Heretofore the product differentiation has been in the type of services provided by each company, and the extent of their reach to customers. Media streaming, also called Video on Demand (VOD) is a relatively new technology that poses a serious threat to the DVD rental model. Video on Demand or Audio and Video on Demand (AVOD) allows Continue reading...

Amazon.com Inc. is an internet and online retail company (Noren 2013; Jurevicius 2013) focused on selling products online by directly offering them to customers. It also facilitates other sellers by offering platforms that enable them to reach millions of customers. It main competitors include e-Bay, Google, Netflix, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and Wal-Mart. Its huge online presence positions it as the main competitor in online retailing. This article will deal with the firm level analysis of amazon.com in an effort to establish its competitiveness in online retail industry. Conducting firm level analysis of a company requires one to have access Continue reading...

Amazon.com vs. Industry Averages

Amazon.com vs. Industry Averages
Since 2004, Amazon’s online sales have far out-performed its top online retail competitors. By the end of 2012, the company reported $61.1 billion in total sales. Its nearest competitor in the online retail space, Staples, reported $11.8 billion in total sales in 2012 . With such a significant lead over its competitors in total sales, one could assume the company is having strong financial roots. However total sales is only one measure of financial strength. However, to have a deep insight into Amazon’s financial position in the market, a financial Continue reading...

In the article, ‘'The making and unmaking of the third world'', By Arturo Escobar, the aspects of modernity in relation to anthropology and development are well analyzed. The author states that the economic progress is associated with a lot of painful experiences. The issues relating to regional economic imbalances in the U.S are well elaborated by the author in this article. The dangers of food insecurity were given close analysis and consideration. The aspects of production are of the essence in the facilitating smooth flow of the economy of a nation. The use of modern technological and scientific knowledge Continue reading...

PART I:

Britain played a crucial role in shaping the economic and political history through the way it colonized various countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The aspects of European imperialism are shown clearly how it influenced the economic and political activities in the countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Several forms of European imperialism were reflected between the period of 1750 to 1914 in countries like Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia. Napoleon brought a great influence and impact in Egypt while French colonization in Algeria contributed to the way various economic and political forces were shaped in Continue reading...

Amazon Trend percentage

Amazon Trend Percentage
Amazon is one of the leading and most trusted platforms available online for shopping today. The financial performance of the Amazon is very profitable and consistent over the last decade. However, in last three to four years, the overall profitability is lower because of acquiring of Amazon’s competitors to gain more market share. In the year of 2013, the overall revenue of Amazon is 74,452 Millions of dollars, which is greater than the overall revenue from last year. The gross profit ratio for the current year is twenty seven percent, which shows that the Continue reading...

- Primate brains follow predictable developmental pattern
This Monash University research, originally published in the Journal of Neuroscience by Tristan Chaplin et al., is said to be a breakthrough in the understanding of the evolution of primate brains across all sizes of primate species. In an anatomical context, the research discusses how the disproportionate enlargement of the areas of the human brain necessary for advanced levels of the cognition can be identified as consistent across all sizes of primate species. The researchers found through the use of computer modelling and MRI imaging that those two brain regions – “the lateral Continue reading...

Executive summary

The use of information systems will bring enhanced management of business processes in companies. The company has not invested much in information systems in their business processes. Most of the processes are done manually. The company deals with distribution and, therefore, has to manage the entire process of supply. With the intent to expand to newer markets, there is a need to have systems which will scale with this growth. This proposal suggests the implementation of three enterprise systems. These are SAP ERP, SAP CRM, and SAP SCM. ERP will be used for managing the daily business transactions of Continue reading...

Innovators must deeply experience the world of their Customers

Introduction
Miriam Webster defines innovation as a new idea, device, or method. Most people want to be innovative and often think that their good idea will lead to their success and happiness. Ralph Waldo Emerson is famously misquoted as having said “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.” (Kassinger, 2002 p.128). Mousetraps have been created since the 1800s, but even since 1976 there have been 309 additional mousetrap patents filed (USPTO, 2014). However, if one goes searching for a mousetrap, they will probably find it gathering dust at the back of an Continue reading...

Introduction

Audible.com is an Amazon subsidiary that provides customers with premium digital spoken audio entertainment and information online, by offering a new enhanced way to enrich their daily lives. Audible content includes above 100,000 audio programs from above 1,800 content providers including many leading audio book broadcasters, publishers, magazine, entertainers, business information providers and newspaper publishers. All data at Audible.com is downloaded digitally and it can be played on more than 500 popular devices (Audible.com).

SWOT Analysis

Strengths
Audible.com has large collection of audio books that are high-quality and some aren’t available anywhere else. Audible.com has the majority market Continue reading...

Introduction

Consumer buying behavior refers to the process by which people search for, select, buy, use, and disposes these goods and services to satisfy their wants and needs. Understanding why the buyers do what they do is perhaps the most challenging concept in marketing. This understanding is critical for the marketers because knowing the buyers’ behaviors will help shed the light on what is essential to the consumers besides suggesting the crucial influences on consumers’ decision- making. By the use of this information, sellers can create the marketing programs, which they believe are of interest to the consumers.
Consumer behavior Continue reading...

Understanding the Cash Flow Statement

The cash flow statement is the financial statement which provides information beyond what is available in other financial statements i.e, Income Statement and Balance Sheet. Cash Flow Statement provides following information to its users:
- Complete information about the company’s cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period.
- Information about a company’s operating, investing and financing activities.
- An understanding of the impact of accrual accounting events on cash flow.

There are two methods relating to payment of cash flow statements, namely:

- Direct Method
- Indirect Method
Although, both the methods are permitted under US GAAP and IFRS and the difference in the two methods is Continue reading...

Introduction;

Drop box is a magnificent tool of present times devised by Drew Houstan a 27 year old co-founder and CEO of the company. The program was the result of an episode of frustration of Houstan in which he forgets his USB on an itinerary. He designed a complete programme from that journey and onwards. The tool is much appreciated for its outstanding features of file sync, file sharing, easy accessibility from mobile and web, and online backup with complete security and privacy. The company was established in the year 2007 and launched to the public on September 2008. Within Continue reading...

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Figure 2 Lenovo Desktop PC 5
Figure 3 RAM Mount 6
Figure 4 Motion Studio 3D 7

Professional Practice in Computer Graphics

Forewords
My hobby being 3D graphics in which I have already undertaken a few projects, and completed them successfully spurs me to set up my own 3D Visual Effects Company as a sole trader due to dearth of experts in this line. Also, I wish to include 3D graphics’ teaching sessions to disseminate this knowledge of mine to others having an interest in 3D graphics. I enumerate below my plan for a new business and its feasibility Continue reading...

The movie made a deep impact on me; the characterization was superb, especially Hamlet, whose performance brought the emotion of the film to life. His girlfriend, Ophelia too performed in a manner that resonated with the destructive energy raised by Hamlet’s vengeful actions. Her insanity and subsequent suicide, indicating the imminent loss of important people Hamlet would encounter in his quest. While it is an absorbing tragedy, Hamlet manages to do a final and last act of honor by leaving the throne to prince Fontibras of Norway (Kenneth, 1996). With his dying breath, he instructs Horatio to explain Continue reading...

Appendix Zappos Business Information Zappos is retail online store that sells shoes as well as other clothing items and accessories. It is an independent entity of Amazon.com. Zappos began operations in 1999 by Nick Swinmurn, and was acquired by Amazon in 2009. Tony Hsieh has been with the company since 1999 and is the CEO. The company headquarters is in Las Vegas Nevada. It employs over 1500 people and reported gross revenue of 1 billion USD in 2009. The company website is zappos.com.
Customer service team operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Teams provide phone service, Continue reading...

Summary

The worldwide bestselling book by Thomas L. Friedman “The Word is Flat. A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century” examines globalization in the start of the 21st century. In the entire book, Friedman assists the reader to perceive the globe as a level playing stage, whereby traditional issues of geographical, as well as historical divisions, are becoming inappropriate, and all the competitors have an equal chance. In his book, Friedman depicts the way globalization has broken the boundaries of countries and is transforming the globe into an interconnected, flat world. The author looks at influences that shape businesses and Continue reading...

Introduction

Black Robe is a movie made in the Canadian province of New France, commonly known as Quebec. It was shot in 1991, but the setting of the movie was the 17th century, which detailed France’s exploration and settlement into medieval Canada. The movie is an adaptation of Brian Moore’s novel that had the same title (Amazon.com 1997).
The story revolves around an ancient Jesuit priest from France who, in 1634, begins an expedition to bring Christianity to the Indian natives of what is present day Quebec, Canada. The film chronicles a difficult, brutal, and dangerous 1500-mile journey Continue reading...

Introduction

Getting an edgy and upper hand is essential for an organization as far as their core productivity and efficiency is concerned (Bagchi and Atluri, 2006). Those organizations which are able to compete with other organizations have to cover numerous aspects accordingly, and all of the aspects would be essential for their economic and strategic growth (Banchs, 2010).
Data Warehousing has now emerged as important elements that lead to give financial and strategic effectiveness to an organization. Organizations which are striding in this ambit are using the Data Warehousing Techniques for their future effectiveness, and among those organizations which are Continue reading...

Part-A: Privacy Protection

Introduction
Privacy policies are statements, usually stated on e-commerce platforms, which govern and determines the way in which the e-commerce platform gets or collects, uses maintains and discloses information from users (Ecommerce Platforms, 2014). It also covers how the information collected by the platform is protected against unauthorized third parties who might intend to have access to it for wrong purposes. 84% of Americans believe that privacy protection in the US is not adequate while 78% believe that consumers have lost confidence over how their information is being used (Head and Yuan, 2001:150). They further explained that the suspected Continue reading...

INDUSTRY AND EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYS: PUBLISHING

Industry and External Environment Analysis: Publishing

This assessment will cover the internal and external consideration which affect the current and forecast performance of the publishing industry. For these purposes the publishing industry will consist of those companies which publish newspapers, periodical magazines, revues, reports and other publications, books and directories (Bureau of Labour Statistics, 2014). These publications may take the form of print, digital media or any other distributable format. Taking the current environment into consideration a large part of this analysis will be concerned with the effects of new media on the traditional publishing world. How new methods Continue reading...

- Throughout this course we have analyzed the class structure, monopoly capitalism (the dual economy), economic concentration of the media, the increasing essential role of advertising in these processes, and the relation between the capitalist class and the state. How have these structures and processes evolved with the introduction of the internet as part of the US communications infrastructure? Has it significantly changed the political economic structure of capitalism to call it "revolutionary"? Has it moved journalism any closer to serving as a public good in achieving the normative goals of democratic communications theory noted below?

Introduction:
The internet Continue reading...