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Set in 2021, this case describes how Amazon and Walmart have been two of the most successful retailers in history and are responsible for changing the rules of the game in the retail industry in the US. Over the years, the two firms had perfected contrasting business models to enable their dominance on the respective offline and online retailing. Walmart''s model of low prices and strategic partnerships with suppliers had redefined supply .....more

Many start-ups experience enormous popularity and runaway growth, but only a few go on to become stable giants. What separates them from the pack? They all go through a developmental stage called extrapolation, say three business school professors. This stage isn''t part of traditional organizational theory, which holds that businesses begin in exploration mode (testing out hypotheses about how they''ll solve problems and learning .....more