Management Information Systems: Managing The Digital Firm (16th Edition)
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Analysing Walmart and Amazon using the competitive forces and value chain models:
Walmart:
- Walmart is a traditional competitor with strong supplier intimacy.
- Walmart continually works to develop and strengthen its customer’s intimacy by offering low prices on many of the products that may or may not be offered by any other company.
- They balance on its low-cost leadership to bring customer backs.
- Walmart’s continuous supply replenishment chain gains customer response on using information technology to strengthen their value in its primary activities.
- The primary activities includes inbound logistics, operations, sales and, marketing and service.
Amazon:
- Amazon is a new market entrant that uses substitute products and service to gain new customers and keep old ones coming back...
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Management Information Systems: Managing The Digital Firm (16th Edition)
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