Another example is Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). As an early leader in e-commerce, Amazon traditionally eschewed near-term profits to continue investing in its massive distribution and fulfillment network. The investment in its delivery network and expanding assortment of items took tremendous investment over many years. But flash forward to today, and Amazon's ability to deliver items within one or two days is unmatched. If anyone attempted to compete by building a similar network, it would similarly take that am ...