...Annual Report 2014-15 Infosys Annual Report 2014-15 Narayana Murthy A tribute to our founders Nandan M. Nilekani S. Gopalakrishnan K. Dinesh The year 2014 was a milestone in our Company's history, when we bid farewell to three of our founders who held executive positions in the Company during the year – Narayana Murthy, S. Gopalakrishnan and S. D. Shibulal. Narayana Murthy stepped down as the Chairman of the Board on October 10, 2014. His vision, leadership and guidance have been an inspiration to Infosys, the Indian IT industry and an entire generation of technology entrepreneurs. He propelled the Company into accomplishing many firsts and in setting industry benchmarks on several fronts. He espoused the highest level of corporate governance standards that have defined Infosys over the years and made us a globally respected corporation. Between June 2013 and October 2014, he guided the Company through a period of stabilization and leadership transition. S. Gopalakrishnan stepped down as Vice Chairman of the Board on October 10, 2014. Kris, as he is popularly known, served the Company in several capacities over the last 33 years. As the Chief Executive Officer between 2007 and 2011, he steered the Company at a time when the world was faced with economic crises. Ranked as a global thought leader, Kris has led the technological evolution of the Company. S. D. Shibulal stepped down as the Company's Chief Executive Officer on July...
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...Executive summary This research report is written by Sidekick projects about Google. Google is a corporation specialized in internet related services and products. Google is known for its search engine and has a leading market position. Google’s main focus has always been the customer. Their mission statement states “Organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.” As of today Google is used by more than a million users worldwide. In the Netherlands Google has a market share of 93% this also applies to the rest of Europe. It’s hard for new companies to enter the market and capture market share. Google is doing great financially. All the ratios analyzed are good. In the years 2011 and 2012 their revenues increased by 20 billion dollars. A part of it generated by their new business unit Motorola. This resulted in a tremendous growth of staff. They hired over 20000 new employees in that year. As a result of this event the profit per employee dropped a bit. Expectations are this will stabilize in the upcoming years. Growth analysis shows that Google grows fast and continuously. Developing products, taking over and merging with other business are the main reasons for growth. Image, information and financial assets make it easy for Google to enter new markets. Google has a good and well established image. Privacy violation is one of the problems lying ahead. If Google want to keep their position in the market they have to watch out. They have...
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