One of the most profitable business endeavors that amazon pursues is its cloud service offering aws. in 2014, aws revenues were an estimated $6 billion, but bringing in $1 billion in profits. what is amazon’s core business? is aws related to amazon’s core business? why or why not? some investors are pressuring jeff bezos to spin out aws as a standalone company. do you agree with this corporate strategy recommendation? why or why not? (hint: do you believe aws would be more valuable within amazon or as a standalone company? )

You want to paint your room yellow, so you get some samples at the paint store. when you hold the sample against your white wall, it looks different from the way it looks against the green curtain. a psychologist would attribute this to perceptual constancy. visual paradoxes. contrast effects. threshold differences.

Suppose the price of frozen yogurt, a substitute for ice cream, increases. what happens to equilibrium price and quantity of ice cream? a. the price and quantity of ice cream both increase b. the price and quantity of ice cream both decrease c. the price of ice cream increases and the quantity decreases d. the price of ice cream decreases and the quantity increases

Bella is the new president of first edition, a group dedicated to the promotion of english literacy in first-generation immigrant communities. in the two years that have passed since bella took the position, the organization's members have become more passionate about their mission and intensified their activities—they put in long hours teaching children to read, promoting the program to parents, and soliciting donations. bella's strength is in her ability to inspire others and make them believe that they are part of something greater than themselves. which term best captures bella's leadership style? a. transactional b. transformational c. legitimate authority d. absolute authority