Amazon.com: The Brink of Bankruptcy Case Solution, Allows in-depth analysis of the business model and evolution 1994-2001 Amazon.com. It has been more than a decade since the crash but from its ashes remains a select few companies who managed to hold on to their vision of internet domination.
The evolution of business model of Amazon.com by irena_susanti. The presidency of George W. Bush began on January 20, 2001 at noon Eastern Standard Time, when George W. Bush was inaugurated as President of the United States.
Overview: Amazon.com is one of a few examples of the dot com companies that managed to ride the wave of the dot.com bust, learning many lessons along the way; transforming them from being on the brink of bankruptcy and emerging as a success. Major Stakeholders Alternative Solutions Follow up Questions What are web based/internet companies (ie facebook, google) doing differently today than Amazon and other dot com business from the last decade? How many have purchased products from Amazon.com within the last month? What did you learn that could apply to your industy? Solution Major Case Theme Conflicting business models: Profits versus Customers Major Stakeholders •Jeff Bezos (President & CEO) •Amazon.com's Board of Directors, corporate executives, employees, customers, and the shareholders •Amazon.com’s SCM / VC and their employees. Amazon.com: The Brink of Bankruptcy Symptoms Amazon.com posted year over year financial losses Pressure from investors/shareholders to become profitable Multiple market segments continued to lose money Problems Amazon.com unable to react quickly to the rapidly changing economic environment Amazon.com operating expenses continue to increase greater than gross profits Early on, Amazon.com lacked the infrastructure to handle the volume of sales and distribution requirements to meet customer expectations.
Bezo unable to articulate a clear business solution to mitigate the financial issues Opportunities High volumes of sales both in the US and International markets Potential for large market segments due to other dot com failures Evaluation Criteria for Success Decreased Operating Cost Dec. 1997 - ($31,020) Dec. 1999 ($719,968) Dec. 2000 -($1,411,273) Dec 2010 $0 Increased Stock Prices Dec. 1999 - $113.00 Dec.
2000 - $15.00 Dec. 2010 - $180.00 Increased year over year profits Dec.
1997 Income loss ($31,384) Dec. 2010 Income gain $1,406, 000 Path to Transformation Alternative Solutions Establish a financial plan Utilize IT to handle and decrease operational costs and expenses instead of increasing volume of sales. Allow IT to drive revenue growth (pg 108) Amazon.com could have utilize the IBM model H1, H2, H3 and taken the volme of sales data and focused on the market segments they were profitable and risk. Solution Amazon.com realized that partnerships in the online toy industry were available and contracts made between Toys R US and Amazon.com.
Timeline • 1994: Bezos, a N.Y. Adobe Lightroom 6.2 there. Investment banker with no book publishing or retail experience, identifies book retailing as an industry segment that could exploit the power of emerging internet technologies. Chooses Seattle as a location to be close to one of the largest book distributors. Writes the business plan and chooses the company name while driving cross-country with his wife.
• 1995: Between July 1994, when the company was incorporated and July 1995 when the amazon.com online bookstore was officially launched, Bezos and a few employees built the software that powered the web site. By September 1995, the company was selling over $20K per week out of the founder’s garage.
• 1996: Qualcomm Hs-usb Qdloader 9008 Drivers. Amazon.com focused on enhancing its product and service offerings and capabilities with increasingly sophisticated browsing and focused search capabilities, personalized store layout and recommendations, shopping carts, 1-Click shopping (which was alter patented). • 1997: By the 1st quarter of 97, amazon.com revenues had increased to $16M (which was equivalent to the company’s yearly revenues in 1996). Amazon.com went public on 05/15/97. • 1998: Beginning in 1998, amaonz.com began aggressively expanding into new product categories and into international markets. BY early 2001, the company was not just an online bookstore; it was an online superstore selling a wide variety of products in over 160 different countries.