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Amazon in China
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Reference: IVEY-9B21M062-E
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Year: 2019
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Number of pages: 14
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Publication Date: Jul 13, 2021
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Fecha de edición: Jul 13, 2021
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Source: Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Type of Document: Case
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Industry Setting: Information, Media & Telecommunications;
Description
Amazon.com Inc. (Amazon), the Seattle-based e-commerce giant, leaped into China with a buyout of Joyo.com Limited, China’s largest online book, music, and video retailer, in 2004. Amazon had the ambition of becoming the dominant online retailer in China b
Learning Objective
This case is suitable for use in undergraduate- and graduate-level courses on information technology, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, business and society, international business, and strategy. It introduces the overall Chinese e-commerce