Week 3 Discussions

Required Website

Amazon Investor Relations http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-irhome&c=97664   This page on the Amazon.com website provides investors with up-to-date company information. It supports the Amazon’s Strategic Relationships discussion for this week.

1. Amazon’s Strategic Relationships   Explore the information at Amazon Investor Relations. Identify the evolving network of strategic relationships with customers, suppliers, and collaborators both on the Web and with conventional organizations. Which of these relationships are the most important to Amazon?  Explain your rationale.   

2. Strategic Positioning in Banking   Read the required Roy article.  Respond to the following: a. How does the strategic planning of a multi-unit business organization pose constraints to its profitable growth? b. Why do banks lose profitability as they grow bigger? c. How can product categories (loans, deposits, payment, fund transfer, custody, etc), customer segments (business, professionals, pensioners, salaried, etc), and geographical units (country, region, district, city, etc.) be better developed to achieve long-term sustainability in the bank industry?

Again remember to answer each question separately