Amazon HQ2 and New York City
NYC and Amazon fall out — remarkable news politically, but very much along the framework we talked about in the blog. I also talk about how cities have become remarkably desirable. Bonus: trivia on Reservoir Dogs.
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Amazon HQ 2.5
It increasingly appears that Amazon has chosen to split its second headquarters between Long Island City, NY and Crystal City, Northern VA — essentially locating a large portion of their upper management closer to the political and cosmopolitan classes (DC…
Amazon HQ2: Tournament with a twist
Amazon’s HQ2 selection process has been described as a beauty contest, which misses the point. Amazon is definitely not going to pick a city based on popular opinion or consensus. An excellent theoretical framework to think about Amazon’s choice process…