Read: Look up “Transient Advantage” and read articles to grasp related concepts.
- How would this view of an organization’s evolution from launch -> start-up -> exploit – > reconfigure influence the firm’s MCS and the corresponding metrics
- Search and explore news: Snapchat Glasses
- Search and explore news: Blackberry Hardware
Read and come to class prepared to discuss Amazon’s situation in class
- “The best laid incentive plans” (Harvard Business Review, January 2003)
- Electronic Course reserve Link
- “Inside Amazon: Wrestling big ideas in a bruising workplace” (NY Times, August 15, 2015) Article
- “Full Memo: Jeff Bezos responds to brutal NY Times Story” Article
- “Amazon’s leadership forgot the “how” is as important as the “what”. (Globe and Mail, August 22, 2015)
- “What kind of monster is Amazon” (Globe and Mail, August 22, 2015)
- What the NYT didn’t tell you!