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What U.S. E-Commerce Can Learn from Its Global Copycats

Harvard Business Review

Every new market I look at seems to have an Amazon-style copycat — a website that looks, functions, and sells products a lot like a well-known online retailer. In India there''s Flipkart , in Russia there''s Ozon , and in Thailand, Indonesia, and other South East Asia markets there''s Lazada. In some cases this is true.

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How Software Is Helping Big Companies Dominate

Harvard Business Review

“How long does it take for her to interact with a market that isn’t nearly monopolized?” In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” Walmart went from a 3% share of the general merchandise retail market in 1982 to over 50% today. IT Does Matter.