All Things Distributed

JUNE 29, 2011

For Amazon retail, some of those dimensions are low pricing, large catalog, fast shipping, and convenience. For example, when our retail customers contributed to create larger economies of scale for Amazon.com, we used the savings to lower pricing such that our customers could also benefit. Expanding the Cloud â??

AWS 104

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The Agile Manager

JANUARY 31, 2016

The thinking was that by owning the supply chain from raw materials to retail outlets, a firm had direct control over its entire cost structure, making it better able to squeeze efficiencies out of it and being less susceptible to supply shocks. As far back as the 19th century, industrial firms pursued vertical integration strategies.

Blockchain 40

Blockchain Retail Social Media Airlines 40

The Agile Manager

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Around 2010, when US companies could count on a recovering domestic economy, a weak US dollar, and growing emerging market economies, CFOs didn't need to work that hard to flatter the income statement. First, Cloud, SaaS and BYOD change software and infrastructure from capital investments to rent expenses.

Cloud 40

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