Amazon.com

Jeff Bezos, founder, chief executive officer, president, and board chairman of the mega Internet store Amazon.com is considered one of the most innovative entrepreneurs of the e-commerce industry. At the age of 31, with just a computer science degree, little funding from his family, and a challenging idea, Bezos set out to pursuit his entrepreneurial vision of a internet bookstore which had turn into the biggest online retailer of our times (Jeff Bezos, 2007). Born in January 12, 1964, Bezos demonstrated

Company Profile Amazon.com, Inc. NAME: DIEGO FERNANDEZ PROFESSOR: JOSE CASAL COURSE: MGMT 390-455 Amazon.com, Inc. is an American electronic commerce company that started as a bookstore on the internet with a different name, Cadabra.com. Jeffrey Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, incorporated the company on July, 1994. The site went online as Amazon.com in July 1995, with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, United States (Securities, 3)

Amazon.com, Inc. Introduction Amazon.com, Inc. was founded in the year 1994 by Jeffrey P. Bezos after he left his employment with D. E. Shaw & Co. (Wall Street firm) as vice-president and moved to Seattle. After reading a report about the future of the internet projecting annual web commerce growth at 2,300%, Bezos created a list of 20 products that could be marketed online. He, finally narrowed the search five most promising products including compact discs, computer hardware, computer software

paper is to provide a managerial analysis of Amazon.com, Inc. and to discuss the key reasons behind their low profitability and whether it will improve in the future. Included in the analysis of Amazon.com, Inc., will be a thorough examination of the firms Vison and Mission statements, Amazons current strategic plans and direction, a look inside at their corporate culture and organizational structure, as well as a detailed SWOT Analysis. History Amazon.com, Inc., was founded on July 4, 1994 in Bellevue

from case specifics. I would rate Jeff Bezos 10 as an entrepreneur, and 7 as an operating manager. On one hand, he identified book retailing as an industry segment that could exploit the power of emerging Internet technologies and found the Amazon.com, which enjoyed several years of tremendous growth, from an online bookstore into an online superstore, expanding the online business from retailing to auctions and

Amazon.com Inc. Report Stephen Hesson Mrs. Robinson-Jones EH-300-01 University of Alabama – Huntsville June 23, 2015   Amazon.com, Inc.(Amazon) is an online retailer, which offers a variety of products and services through its website, they also produce and sell the Kindle e-Book reader. Amazon.com, Inc. is located at 410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle Washington 98109 5210, USA, Amazon is also located in Redlands, CA, Chattanooga, TN, Lexington, KY and numerous other locations

Marketing Analysis of Amazon.com Company Overview Jeff Benzo founded Amazon.com, Inc., simply known as Amazon in 1994 in Bellevue, Washington. Benzo started the company with the name of “Cadabra” on July 5, 1994 and a year later in 1995 changed the name of the company to what it is now, Amazon. The reason Benzo picked the word Amazon to name his company after was because he knew the Amazon river was special and unique just like he wanted his company to be, not only that but he knew the Amazon river

E-Business Model This paper will discuss how the largest retailer of books, Amazon.com has expanded into many other markets besides books and maintained profitability. It will examine how Amazon was able to maintain its brand identity and also look at whether Amazon should consider retail locations. Furthermore this paper will compare and contrast the websites of Borders.com, Barnes and Noble.com, and Amazon.com according to the functionality and design and other criteria. Discuss

analysis, and research, we have recommend a course of action as to how Amazon should respond to their weaknesses and threats and how best to leverage strengths to take advantage of available opportunities. Amazon’s Mission and Strategic Direction Amazon.com, Inc. is an internet retailer headquartered in Seattle, Washington

Consolidations of Financial Statements Corporate Structure Amazon.com Inc. maintains a corporate structure like any other corporation, with a board of directors, management and stockholders. The board of directors consists of 10 directors and is chaired by the company’s CEO Jeffery Bezos. Amazon’s corporate governance guidelines (2016) state the responsibility of the board of directors is to control and direct the company while maintaining accountability to the shareholders and building long-term