Amazon.com and the world of e-commerce
Description
In part one of this program, filmed prior to the foundering of the Internet economy, NewsHour correspondent Paul Solman examines the methodology of Amazon.com's founder Jeffrey Bezos and Drugstore.com's CEO Peter Neupert, who faced stiffening retail and online competition by innovatively adapting their business plans. In part two, correspondent Margaret Warner analyzes the meteoric rise of dotcoms and their impact on society with Anitesh Barua, co-author of a university study on Internet profitability; Andrew Shapiro, co-founder of technorealism; John Battelle, president of the now-defunct Industry Standard; and former Wall Street analyst Paul Kedrosky.
Runtime
29 min
Subjects
- Logistics (25)
- Business enterprises (436)
- Business logistics (32)
- Computers (139)
- Leadership (570)
- Management (2363)
- Electronic commerce (175)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2005], c1999
Database
Films on Demand
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