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Playing the Platform Game

08 October 2017

The purpose of this analysis is to better understand the dynamics of internet platforms. The analysis considers the three basic types of platforms: Vendors (WalMart, Apple, Pandora, etc.) S...

Playing the Amazon Monopoly Game

AMAZON ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS AMAZON SEGMENTS AMAZON SALES, INCOME, AND MARGINS AMAZON METHODS OF COMPETITION ANTI-TRUST ISSUES Amazon is leaving a large pile of battered companies in it...

Playing the Dynamic Pricing Game

Price discrimination may be defined as selling the same thing to different people for different prices. Price discrimination can take many forms, such as volume discounts, price premiums, or m...

Playing the Over-the-Top Content Game

02 November 2016

To download a pdf copy of this post, click on the attachment below. History of Cable Away from Cable and Toward Over-the-Top The Over-the-Top Game Issues and Strategies ...

Playing the Black Friday Game

01 December 2015

The Origin of Black Friday What’s at Stake? The Evolution of Patterns in Retail Sales Some Issues Regarding the Black Friday Game The Origin of Black Friday The origin of the name Blac...

Playing the Winner-Take-All Market Game, Part 3

A copy of the full analysis can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this blog entry. In Part 1 of this analysis on Winner-Take-All (WTA) markets, I described the forces ...

Playing the Winner-Take-All Market Game, Part 2

A copy of the full analysis can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this blog entry. In Part 1 of this analysis on Winner-Take-All (WTA) markets, I described the forces ...

Playing the Winner-Take-All Market Game, Part 1

A copy of the full analysis can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this blog entry. In order to encourage big bets, Jeopardy is winner-take-all … Only the person in f...

Playing the Same-Day Delivery Game Part 5: How Will the Same-Day Delivery Game Evolve?

14 November 2014

A copy of the full analysis can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this blog entry. In Playing the Same-Day Delivery Game Part 1, I discussed the differences between sh...

Playing the Same-Day Delivery Game Part 4: Same-Day Delivery – Why Now?

08 November 2014

A copy of the full analysis can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this blog entry. In Playing the Same-Day Delivery Game Part 1, I discussed the differences between sh...

Playing the Same-Day Delivery Game Part 3: Delivery Network Operations and Barriers to Adoption

05 November 2014

A copy of the full analysis can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this blog entry. In Playing the Same-Day Delivery Game Part 1, I discussed the differences between sh...

Playing the Same-Day Delivery Game Part 2: Configurations of Delivery Networks

05 November 2014

A copy of the full analysis can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this blog entry. In Playing the Same-Day Delivery Game Part 1, I discussed the differences between sh...

Playing the Same-Day Delivery Game Part 1: Bricks-and-Mortar vs. Online Stores and Last Mile

03 November 2014

A copy of the full analysis can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this blog entry. Shopping Experiences: Bricks-and-Mortar vs. Online Stores Let’s start with a compar...

War Between Amazon & Apple?

13 October 2011

Amazon Apple Amazon vs Apple I just Googled “Apple” and “Amazon” and “war” and got 40,300,000 hits, with such headlines as The Amazon-Apple War Is On New $199 Amazon Kindle Stokes Fi...

Playing the e-Book Game

13 February 2010

The e-Book Pricing Battle The following is a brief history of the e-book pricing battle that has been taking place. The passage quotes heavily from three articles: “Publishers, Amazon in Flux in ...