Case 1 | A Catalyst for Innovation: Amazon Web Services
1. Is Amazon too successful? If so, what should be done? If not why not? Give specific examples to justify your position.
2. Why has Amazon been so successful in so many different areas.?
a) List specific examples of how it has generated and maintained competitive advantages.
b) In what areas has it been less successful?
3. If you should startup a tech company, would you use AWS?
a) List advantages and disadvantages and explain your rationale
Case 2 | The Dark Web.
Read through the case student and respond to the questions listed.
1. What infrastructure components are most important for the providing the surface web to the public users of the internet?
2. Should more effort be extended to enable wider access to the dark web? Why or Why not?
3. What are the implications of the dark web for individuals? Companies? Governments?