August 2014

Like Walmart, only with supercomputers and drones: At Amazon.com “cheap” comes at a very hefty price

Taylorism

BEZOS’ COLD, MICROMANAGED, time-motion approach to the workplace is a direct descendant (and extreme extension) of a theory of “scientific management”...

The birth of Amazon

LEGEND HAS IT that Amazon is a classic story of pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. In 1994, a bright,...

“Battling the bastards is about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on.”

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