Read the complete documents, Readings: $1)$ Marshall Van Alstyne et al$.$: $$Pipelines$,$ Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy,$$ Harvard

Business Review, $2016.$

$2)$ Ghemawat, Pankaj. $$Managing differences: The central challenge of global strategy$$ Harvard Business

Review, $2007.$

$3)$ Case: Amazon Going Global $2020$

and answer the questions on strategy using the following document and present the answers in frameworks listed in the documents.

$1.$ What$$s Amazon$$s business model and strategy? What are its sources of completive advantage? How has Amazon been leveraging technology to create and sustain competitive advantage?

$2.$ Why did Amazon go for international expansion?

$3.$ Was there any pattern across Amazon$$s international entries and strategies adopted in each of the

markets?

$4.$ Why did Amazon fail in China, but succeed in India?

$5.$ What strategic issues with respect to global expansion does Amazon face today? How should address these issues?

a$)$ Should Amazon continue global expansion into new markets?

b$)$ What should Amazon do with its less successful international operations?