To Disassemble Amazon, Cut Here
Over time, Amazon has become a vertical monopoly, like Standard Oil.
Vertical Integration is an extremely powerful force for reducing costs, to the point where competing against a company like that becomes harder and harder until the company is either broken up, or someone manages to attack it effectively.
“Cut Here à Paris” by Fabio Sola Penna is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Amazon can be viewed in a series of logical layers, which can easily be split into different businesses.
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