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What Amazon's decision to retrain a third of its employees means for the future of work

  • Written by Scott F. Latham, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Amazon’s announcement that it will invest US$700 million to retrain 100,000 employees – a third of its U.S. workforce – in new technologies is the latest reminder that the much-heralded future of work is well underway.

Policymakers, analysts and scholars trying to discern the retailer’s motives and objectives chalked it up...

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