Amazon'com

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Amazon.com

• Cases Analysis

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Creating Value in E-Business
ConceptDescribes theOpportunity
CapabilitiesTurn the OpportunityTo Reality
ValueReturns toInvestors andStakeholders
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What is a Business Model
ConceptDescribes theOpportunity
RevenueModel
Cost Model
CapabilitiesTurn the OpportunityTo Reality
ValueReturns toInvestors andStakeholders
Asset Model
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Business Concept
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Capabilities and Community
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Value Model
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Question?

• At what point does the system get too big?
• Where do diseconomies of scale kick in?

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Lets review Amazons Business Model
ConceptDescribes theOpportunity
RevenueModel
Cost Model
CapabilitiesTurn the OpportunityTo Reality
ValueReturns toInvestors andStakeholders
Asset Model
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What was I looking forIn these papers?

• Underlying Use of Tools
• Grant Resource based Strategy Model.
• Analysis of Resources and Capabilities to
  E-Business Models
• Analysis of the Industry and its Competitive
  Dynamics that impacted strategic options
• Use of Strategic Options Generator (class 3) to
  create viable alternatives to address core
  business model problems

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What else?

• A clear statement of the business problem
• A clear recommendation for the firm as to how to
  proceed that balances the issues in the case.
• A implementation and mitigation plan