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Amazon as an Employer
Jyotsna Bhatnagar; Shweta Jaiswal ThakurCase IVEY-9B16C006-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementAmazon was the biggest Internet-based retailer in the United States and had frequently been featured on lists of the most admired companies. In 2015, The New York Times published an article that portrayed Amazon as a ruthless employer with brutal human resource management practices and a toxic work atmosphere. Employees were divided in their opinions: some found the culture invigorating and others found it hard to survive in. Leaders in the indus...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon: Legal Woes, Crisis, and Resilience
Jyotsna Bhatnagar; Parul GuptaCase IVEY-9B21C003-ELeadership and People ManagementDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeff Bezos, the chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc. (Amazon), became the world’s richest person by adding US$6 billion to his net worth by the end of March 2020. While the worth of other billionaires was decreasing because of the unprecedented market volatility created by the pandemic, retail sales surged to a record level for Amazon. To meet the additional workforce requirements created by the sudden rise in ...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon Acquires Whole Foods (B)
McDonald, Rory; Mehta, Sarah; Roseman, ShayeCase HBS-619029-EStrategyThis short case, meant for pairing with HBS case 615-013 "AmazonFresh: Rekindling the Online Grocery Market," explores Amazon's rationale for acquiring Whole Foods.Starting at €5.74
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AmazonFresh: Rekindling the Online Grocery Market
McDonald, Rory; Christensen, Clayton M.; Yang, Robin; Hollingsworth, TyCase HBS-615013-EStrategyMore than a decade after the high-profile failures of several early online grocers, grocery remains the largest single U.S. retail category and one of the few that has not yet migrated online. Amazon began testing its grocery-delivery service, AmazonFresh, in Seattle, in 2007; five years later, the company has made significant progress. The case traces the evolution of AmazonFresh's business model and describes the operating capabilities necessar...Starting at €8.20