Amazon.com: To Infinity and BeyondWHEN JEFF BEZOS started Amazon.com out of a garage in a Seattle suburb to sell books online, he furnished his makeshift office with discarded wood doors for desks.In less than $25$ years, Amazon morphed from a fledgling startup into one of the world's most valuable companies, active in far$-$flung businesses from ecommerce and cloud computing to media entertainment and groceries. Yet, wood doors turning into desks remain a staple at Amazon, where strict cost control is paramount to this day. At the same time, in pursuing its mission of being the"earth's most customer$-$centric company," Amazon excels at customer ser$-$vice. Indeed, a recent survey ranked Amazonthe mostwell$-$regarded company in the United States.