9. Expansion of Amazon.com Expansion beyond Books Music, Videos, Toys, Electronics, Clothing, Digital Downloads “Biggest Bookstore” to “Mass Merchandiser”
10. Amazon.com Critics Hit Hard Investing too much in technology Inconsistent Margins Profitability?
11. Why Infrastructure Services? Capability of significant returns High scalability Address underserved markets Highly differentiated
12. Amazon Web Services Simple Storage Service (S3) Interface for storing and retrieving data Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) Resizable computing capacity in the cloud
13. Amazon Web Services SimpleDB Real-time access to structured data Simple Queue Service (SQS) Store data messages between apps
14. No subscription fee No upfront costs Pay-per-use pricing model AWS, Disruptive Business Model
15. Calling all small companies, Why use AWS? Reliable, scalable, inexpensive storage Hitting markets harder and faster Little cost associated with I.T infrastructure
16. AWS, Large Companies, No Match Too big to scale High cost of bandwidth Security and compliance issues Extremely high data reliability
17. Gaming Industry Evolution Markets Teens and Arcades Introduction of home consoles Personal computer “Entertainment platform” Pertaining to young adults
18. Gaming Technology Expand consoles into totally new products Availability of broadband internet HD graphic video Inexpensive hard drive storage Blu-ray video Online gaming Social networks
19. Gaming Key Players Sony Playstation PS2 Ps3 Microsoft Xbox Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii DS
20. Nintendo’s Light at the End of the Tunnel Increased complexity of games Complicated controls Not applicable for occasional gamers What about the non-gamers?
21. Nintendo’s Strategy Engage with non-gamers Health and Fitness Family gaming Simplify games Easier interactive controls Downloadable games
23. Introducing Wii Motion detecting controllers Easy and fun games Internet availability “Family Gaming” Social Networks Simulation of real life games Tennis, Bowling, Boxing, Baseball, Golf, etc.
24. Amazon’s Disruptive Strategy Three Enablers of a Disruptive Strategy Simplifying technology Amazon simplifying I.T Infrastructure Cloud computing Business Model Innovation Pay-per-use No Subscription or upfront costs New Value Market B2C B2B
Notas do Editor
Disruptive Business Model- The simplifying technology must be embedded in a disruptive business model, whose resources, processes and profit formula enable it to deliver the simple, affordable solution to the customer in a cost-effective way.New Value Network- an ecosystem within which the disruptive business model is embedded. Within a value network, suppliers and distributors and customers have similar value propositions and profit formulae, and they tend to develop products in a similar rhythm.
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