Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It

Written by Brian Dumaine

Narrated by Dan Bittner

An “illuminating, lucid, and finely detailed” (The Washington Post) look at Amazon’s world-dominating business model, the current competitors either imitating or trying to outfox Amazon, and “how Jeff Bezos turned Amazon into the world’s lockdown necessity” (The Times, UK)—from an award-winning Fortune magazine writer.

Like Henry Ford, Sam Walton, or Steve Jobs in the early years of Ford, Walmart, and Apple, Jeff Bezos is the business story of the decade. Bezos, the richest man on the planet, has built one of the most efficient wealth-creation machines in history with more than 2% of US household income being spent on nearly 500 million products shipped from warehouses in seventeen countries. Amazon’s business model has not only turned the retail industry and cloud computing inside out, but now its tentacles are squeezing media and advertising, and disrupting the state of technology, the economy, job creation, and society at large. Amazon’s impact is so pervasive that business leaders in nearly every sector around the world need to understand how this force of nature operates.

Based on unprecedented behind-the-scenes reporting from 150 sources inside and outside of Amazon, Bezonomics unveils the underlying principles Jeff Bezos uses to achieve his dominance—customer obsession, extreme innovation, and long-term management, all supported by artificial intelligence—and shows how these are being borrowed and replicated by companies across the United States, in China, and elsewhere. Including tips for Amazon-proofing your business, Bezonomics answers the fundamental question: How are Amazon and its imitators affecting the way we live, and what can we learn from them?

A goldmine for some, and a threat for others, “Bezonomics” has proven to be a life-shaping force in our lives both now and in the foreseeable future.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: May 12, 2020
• ISBN: 9781797104980

Brian Dumaine

Brian Dumaine es un multipremiado periodista, fundador de High Water Press. A lo largo de su carrera de casi tres décadas en Time Inc., fue el editor global de la revista Fortune y ha dedicado cientos de portadas, reportajes y editoriales a temas ambientales y al rápido crecimiento del movimiento verde, así como su impacto en el mercado de capitales, en las corporaciones y en el pensamiento ejecutivo.

Reviews for Bezonomics

[andip · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

It is a negative critique of Amazon of a biased person.

[OmarEl-Mohri · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

About how Amazon became Amazon and what it means for the future

[Peter Oliver · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The book is amazing and the narrator is incredible, I honestly appreciate the intonation and emotion put in the speech. I could learn a lot about Jeff Bezos and his company, some of his many difficulties to become an entrepreneur, and the high price to pay to be on top. Also, the pros and cons of you choosing to work with AWS, Amazon "Describe as deal with the devil" told by one of those sellers on the Amazon platform, Because they take your data, They know what you sell, for who, here and when and even more than you think you know about your product or service. Then they employ, yes, Your data and idea against you to profit. You pay the price overall for the facility. They sell the same product as you but at a lower price until crush you because they have money enough to sell the product at the lowest or even worse so low that there is no profit, but they have time, they may until lower Instead of Profit Because they have the data, They have the product, And now they have your idea provided by your business and say goodbye thank you, but now we handle it by ourselves. And you are crushed And kicked out. "∆ It's the AWS Dark Side ∆" I could learn through the book.

[Leandro Gimeno · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Excelente, demasíado bueno para no leer. Revelador y agudo. Un diez

[Emil Črnčec · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Excellent presentation of Amazon as company and Jeff Bezos as leader.

[Hanif Sofyan · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I USE THE BEZONOMICS BOOK TO COMPLETE THE BOOK I'M WORKING ON ON IKONOMICS THANK YOU BRIAN DUMAINE FOR ONE ADDITIONAL IDEA FOR ME,

[Paulius Guzevicius · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Good read for e-commerce, e-grocery business beginners, fans and experts. 5/5

[James Klemick · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

This is a boring and elementary book. Mostly surface level topics.

[neerja8shonek · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I read this book in preparation of becoming a third party seller on Amazon - and found it very useful. Well written, great division of chapters, useful insights into Amazon's business strategies and visual enough to keep things interesting on the audio book. Would certainly recommend!

[Brendan Kane · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Best book I’ve read this year. Important information told in a captivating way.