...Business Analysis of Google Business analysis of Google Google began as a search engine called “BackRub” created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1996 (Google Corporate Information). This search engine “used links to determine the importance of individual web pages” (Google Corporate Information). In 1998, these two Stanford University graduates had finished their work and created the company called Google (Google Corporate Information). Google offers a wide range of products and services in a range of different languages (Google Corporate Information). The product that started it is the web search, which allows the searching of billions of web pages (Google Corporate Information). There are many products under the web category (Google Corporate Information). The other categories are Mobile, Media, Geo, Home & Office, Social, Specialized Search, and Innovation (Google Corporate Information). These categories are for every day users. There are other products and services for businesses. Google offers many forms of advertising to businesses (Google Business Solutions). These include the categories Local Ads Made Easy, Enhance Your Website, Hassle-free Computing, Find New Customers, Promote products & Services, and Learn & Innovate (Google Business Solutions). Google makes its money through advertising (Google Investor Relations). The products they have are AdWords, Google Display Network, DoubleClick, mobile-specific ad formats, DoubleClick Ad...
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...ANALYSIS OF SUCCESS FACTORS OF GOOGLE INC. We know that today, Google is the number 1 search engine in the world with millions and billions of search results available in any part of the world. There are certain factors that have made Google a success since its inception. “Some of the key success factors of Google are Technology, Innovation, Building a Brand, User Experience, Acquisition” 1. Technology: The reason behind the google’s success of providing the fastest search on the internet is its “Pigeon Rank” technology. With the help of Pigeon rank, google can provide the user the fastest result of the desired information. Pigeon Rank works much faster than the technology developed by Yahoo and Microsoft. The reason why PigeonRank works so efficiently is that it has been developed in such a way that it can identify the objects related to the specific search from the content lying anywhere on the internet. The Pigeon Rank can also distinguish the results even with the mere difference between them. Google’s technology has two parts working efficiently namely the “Software Engineering and the Hardware Engineering”. The Software Engineering part deals with the Page ranking, which essentially ranks the sites based on the links associated to them. Software Engineering means writing some query and then to think how the computer works in order to give the data in a fraction of second. Hardware Engineering part deals with the decreasing of the cost by building its own servers....
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...Journal of Case Research in Business and Economics Google: searching for value Ronald Kuntze The University of Tampa Erika Matulich The University of Tampa ABSTRACT Google is a company well known for providing a unique work environment for employees that provides plenty of benefits. However, these benefits come at a significantly higher cost structure. Are these costs worth it? How does providing value to the employee also provide value to the firm and to the customer? Can employee value be sustained during recessionary times? Keywords: Google, value, employee benefits, human resources Google: Searching for Value, Page 1 Journal of Case Research in Business and Economics Introduction The Google search engine has become so popular that it is now listed as a verb in the dictionary (Merriam-Webster 2009). The American Dialect Society members voted “Google” as the most used word of the year 2002 (Google, Google Milestones, 2009). Co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while students at Stanford University, Google was incorporated as a privately held company in 1998 (Google, Google Milestones, 2009) and is a textbook example of modern ‘employee-centric’ policies and benefits. Google has come a long way from its modest beginnings as a university project called the Backrub (Google, Google Milestones, 2009) to a billion-dollar company; but they have retained the collegiate vision of creative campus-like corporate environs and unparalleled employee perks...
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...SWOT ANALYSIS OF GOOGLE [pic] GOOGLE’S BUSINESS STRATEGY: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE STRENGTHS; WEAKNESSES; OPPORTUNITIES; AND THREATS (SWOT) OF GOOGLE BY: KWAKU F. DARKWAH (MBA; B.ED; CTLLS; ASSOCIATE-CIPD; MInstLM) CEO/FOUNDER: ADESUA GLOBAL, GHANA LECTURER-MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, LONDON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION (LSME) FEBRUARY, 2010 IF YOU NEED A FREE UPDATED COPY OF THIS ARTICLE IN PDF FORMAT, JUST SEND YOUR REQUEST TO: [pic]adesuaglobal@gmail.com [pic]This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it [pic] THIS ARTICLE IS DEDICATED TO ALL ASPIRING BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS 1:1 INTRODUCTION Arguably, in the last 10 years since the expansion of information technology as a result of the internet; one astounding firm that has impacted on our lives is Google. All age groups; different ethnic backgrounds; different religious backgrounds; different political backgrounds and affiliations all have been influenced by the impact of this organisation. Debatably, Google is one of the most powerful search engines in the world. Arguably, it can be said that Google is the most visited website in the world. It is now worth in excess of $94billion, although its value has more than halved since December 2007 (Time, 2008). Google attracts about 61.9 per cent of all internet searches online. According to Clark (2007) Google accounts for 56% of all searches on the internet according to the online research firm Comscore...
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...External Analysis of Google Inc. External Environment Global Internet search is applicable to most cultures all over the world freeing Google from geographic dependence. In fact, the company now has 20 offices in the U.S. and international locations in over 30 countries working on research, sales, and marketing. Google offers a personalized search engine for more than 115 countries, and as language support improves, the company is likely to gain market share. As computers become more affordable, many people in economically disadvantaged countries are gaining access to the internet for the first time and Google would like to route them through its search and productivity products, like Gmail, Docs, and Sites. Google’s web applications are now bundled into the operating system on low-cost Linux-based computers. Demographics Google is well positioned in demographics because it has a relatively young user base. This means that it will be less affected as the Baby Boomers age in comparison to other companies that depend on the 50 to 60 year-old demographic group. Internet search is also not a gender-specific issue, and would not be hurt by changes in the ratio of female to males. The company will however benefit when some traditional and paternalistic societies begin using the internet more frequently. Technology Technology is obviously always improving and Google has taken specific measures to make sure it does not fall behind. Google can use commodity computer parts (cheap...
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...Journal of Case Research in Business and Economics Google: searching for value Ronald Kuntze The University of Tampa Erika Matulich The University of Tampa ABSTRACT Google is a company well known for providing a unique work environment for employees that provides plenty of benefits. However, these benefits come at a significantly higher cost structure. Are these costs worth it? How does providing value to the employee also provide value to the firm and to the customer? Can employee value be sustained during recessionary times? Keywords: Google, value, employee benefits, human resources Google: Searching for Value, Page 1 Journal of Case Research in Business and Economics Introduction The Google search engine has become so popular that it is now listed as a verb in the dictionary (Merriam-Webster 2009). The American Dialect Society members voted “Google” as the most used word of the year 2002 (Google, Google Milestones, 2009). Co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while students at Stanford University, Google was incorporated as a privately held company in 1998 (Google, Google Milestones, 2009) and is a textbook example of modern ‘employee-centric’ policies and benefits. Google has come a long way from its modest beginnings as a university project called the Backrub (Google, Google Milestones, 2009) to a billion-dollar company; but they have retained the collegiate vision of creative campus-like corporate environs and unparalleled employee perks and benefits throughout...
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...04.FEBRUARY.2015 Case Study Of Google, Inc. Innovation and Entrepreneurship By Wei, He (Vivian.H) Table of Contents What are the major problems facing Google in 2009 ........................................................... 3 Losing employees .................................................................................................................. 3 Stock prices going down ...................................................................................................... 3 Maintain company corporate culture in entrepreneurship and innovation ................... 3 Product not making money ................................................................................................. 4 Decrease in advertising revenue.......................................................................................... 4 What are the implications, opportunities and threats presented to Google ....................... 4 Strategies ............................................................................................................................... 4 Opportunity .......................................................................................................................... 5 Threats................................................................................................................................... 5 Explain what was the primary strategic inflection point for Google .................................. 6 Calculate the key profitability, and...
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...Environment is a vital component of the mega environment from the standpoint of strategic planning. Any industry and Business depends heavily on economic environment (Ramaswamy & Namakumari, 2007). Fortune of industry and business heavily rests on the purchasing power of the people and purchasing power is largely a product of economic environment. The economic factors that affect the Google industry are: Economic Conditions of different segments of population, their disposable income and purchasing power. Trends in income distribution and consumer-spending pattern, income, savings and credit availability. Rate of inflation, Tax rates & Interest rates and exchange rates. Behavior of capital markets: The corporate sector and capital market are important indicators of sophistication and growth of an economy. Political Environment: the political environment exercises great impact on industry and business. With development on the political front affecting the economy, the economic factor often becomes by-product of the political environment (Ramaswamy & Namakumari, 2007). The political factors that affect the Google industry are: Form of Government Political stability Tax Laws Laws related to the hiring and promotion of employees Technological factors: Technology is a major force for industry and business to reckon with. Technology leads practically all forces that shape people’s lives. For a business firm, technology affects not only its final products but also its raw materials...
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...profile……………………………………………………………………..……….4 3.1 Google………………………………………………………………………..……….4 3.2 Market performance…………………………………………………………..………4 3.3 Yahoo…………………………………………………………………………………5 3.4 Market performance………………………………………………………………..…5 4.0 Financial ratios………………………………………………………………………………..6 5.0 Interpretation of ratios…………………………………………………………………….….7 5.1 Profitability ratio………………………………………………………………...……7 5.1.1 Return on asset…………………………………………………………...…7 5.1.2 Return on equity…………………………………………………………....7 5.2 Efficiency ratio…………………………………………………………………….....8 5.2.1 Gross profit margin………………………………………………………….8 5.2.2 Net profit margin…………………………………………………………….8 5.3 Liquidity ratio…………………………………………………………………………9 5.3.1 Current ratio…………………………………………………………………9 5.3.2 Quick ratio…………………………………………………………………10 5.4 Leverage ratio………………………………………………………………………..10 5.4.1 Debt to equity ratio………………………………………………………...10 5.4.2 Debt ratio………………………………………………………………..…11 5.5 Investment ratio……………………………………………………………………...11 5.5.1 Price/earnings ratio………………………………………………………...11 5.5.2 Price/book value ratio……………………………………………………...12 6.0 Cash flow statement analysis………………………………………………………………...13 6.1 Cash flow data for both companies………………………………………………….13 6.2 Cash flow for Google……………………………………………………………….13 ...
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...MICROSOFT’S SEARCH | STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT | ASSIGNMENT # 04 | Submitted by: 1. Sheheryaar Mahmood 2. Amna Aslam 3. Madeeha Tahir Class: MBA-IV (F) Submitted to: Sir Suhaib Baluch Date: 12.03.2012 MICROSOFT’S SEARCH SUMMARY * In September 2008 the executives at Microsoft looked at alternatives to improve the company’s position. * The company got serious about search five years back, made great progress, but still lacks behind Google. The division leader is looking for a new ‘game changer’ move which helps then catch and pass Google. Microsoft in 2008: * Since its origin, Microsoft has grown to sell a complex line of software, services, and hardware. * The historical heart of the company was its line of operating systems for PCs, which was introduced in 1980. IBM had come to Bill Gates looking for someone to build a PC operating system. Gates purchased an OS and modified it to meet IBM’s needs, and named it MS-DOS. Rights to use this system were sold to IBM. * During the 1980’s this system dominated a rapidly growing market for PCs. * By 1990, clone makers (Compaq, Dell, etc.) were licensing MS-DOS for $15 per PC. Microsoft’s OS ran 90% of the worlds PCs, while Apple had a 7% share. * Apple launched Macintosh in 1984, and Microsoft introduced Windows 1.0. In 1990 Windows 3.0 was introduced, then Windows 95, 98, XP and finally Vista in 2007. * Development costs rose from $500 million for Windows 95 to $10 billon...
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...Google Inc Internal Environment Marketing Essay ABSTRACT The purpose of this project is to strategically analyze a multinational company of our choice. Our case study is Google Inc. which we will analytically break down, using various sources. We chose Google because we found really interesting due to the fact that not only it is the biggest internet search engine to date, but also a pioneer in its industry. Based on existing literature and web references, will try to analyze its internal and the external environment. INTRODUCTION Google has occupied the dominating position in its industry since the beginning due to its unique product which is a result of its unparalleled working environment. It has gone on to attain the largest share of the online search engine market as it provides its users with a product that is difficulty substituted even though there are numerous competitors. By analyzing the internal and external environment of the corporation, it is evident that Google is running a well oiled machine, paying attention to even the least significant detail in order to ensure that it provides a prompt and reliable product to its customers. History Google was founded around 1995 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were still university students. The idea was based on page’s PhD research project called “Backrub». This involved mathematical properties of a link structure on the internet. Having indexed over 50 million web addresses, Google was formally incorporated...
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...Why Google Employees Quit In 2008 Google HR set up a private Google Group to ask former employees why they left the company. We’ve been forwarded what appears to be authentic posts to the thread by a number of ex-Googlers, which we reprint below minus identifying information other than their first names. The thread shows a brutal honesty about what it’s like to work at Google, at least from the point of view of employees who were unhappy enough to resign. Top amongst the complaints is low pay relative to what they could earn elsewhere, and disappearing fringe benefits seemed to elevate the concern. Other popular gripes – too much bureaucracy, poor management, poor mentoring, and a hiring process that took months. A few of the posts are more positive, and frankly there isn’t a whole lot here that you don’t see in other big companies. One message stands out though in most of the posts – employees thought they were entering the promised land when they joined Google, and most of them were disappointed. Some of them wondered if it meant they were somehow lacking. One person sums it all up nicely: Those of us who failed to thrive at Google are faced with some pretty serious questions about ourselves. Just seeing that other people ran into the same issues is a huge relief. Google is supposed to be some kind of Nirvana, so if you can’t be happy there how will you ever be happy? It’s supposed to be the ultimate font of technical resources, so if you can’t be productive there how will you...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Initially started as a project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1996 as a search engine, Google has become one of the largest Corporations to date. By 2000, the Google search engine was provided in 15 languages. After that, the Google toolbar was released. In 2002, Adwords was released, which was a new technology for cost per click pricing system for advertising. Today, the well-known Gmail was also created by Google, and the very popular YouTube was even acquired by them. In 2010, Google was viewed as the Global Leader in technology that focused on how the people obtained information. It has about 40 different products and services within Google.com, as the search engine (including Google Images, Google Books, Google Scholar, Google News, Google Finance, Google Videos, etc.), applications (including Google Docs, Google Calender, Gmail, etc.), clients (including Google Toolbar, Google Chrome, etc.), Google Geo (including Google Maps, Google Earth, etc.), Android and Google Mobile (including Google Mobile, Mobile Ads, etc.), Google Checkout, and Google Labs. All these products have positively impacted the way in which we communicate, access information, and locate things with ease, and this is what makes Google today, one of the strongest brand recognitions in the world. Based on the SWOT Analysis carried out, following results show Google’s main strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats: STRATEGIC ANALYSIS Google’s mission is to: “Organize...
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...4 1.1. GOOGLE EXPANSION IN BRIEF… 4 1.2. HOW GOOGLE BENEFIT US? GOOGLE PRODUCTS… 4 2. GOOGLE IS INNOVATION & COMPETITIVE FORCE 5 3. GOOGLE TRANSNATIONAL GLOBALIZATION 6 3.1. GOOGLE ADAPTING “FLAT WORLD” 6 3.2. GLOBALIZATION CHALLENGES 6 3.3. GOOGLE VS. GLOBAL ECONOMY 6 4. GOOGLE SERVICES SECURITY 7 5. REFERENCES 8 Abstract In the following report I analyzed the case study in discussion – Google Inc. – from the prospective of Information Systems related topics studied during this semester. These data represented in order to reach for better understanding of the relation between the success of Google & the Information system setup, infrastructure & strategy implemented in Google. 1. Introduction 1.1. Google expansion in brief… Founded by to colleagues “Larry Page & Sergey Brin” Google started in 1996 with the name of “BackRub”, it was a search engine that meant to use links to determine the importance of an individual webpages. (Google Mission 2012) In 1998; this search engine that they built was renamed to “Google” which is extracted from the word “googol,” the mathematical terminology for the number “one” followed by hundred zeros! And from that time it was registered as Google Inc. (Google Mission 2012) This company stated mission is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”. (Google Mission 2012) 1.2. How Google benefit...
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...About Google! 2008 Annual Report Unemployment 100 80 60 40 20 0 100 80 60 40 20 0 Foreclosure ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 We are all in uncharted waters. – CEO Eric Schmidt Query volume index for “unemployment” and “foreclosure” from Google Trends 2008 Founders’ Letter Since 2004, when Google began to have annual reports, Larry and I have taken turns writing an annual letter. I never imagined I would be writing one in the midst of an economic crisis unlike any we have seen in decades. As I write this, search queries are reflecting economic hardship, the major market indexes are one-half of what they were less than 18 months ago, and els. unemployment is at record levels. Nonetheless, I am optimistic about the future, because I believe scarcity breeds clarity: it focuses minds, forcing g people to think creatively and rise to the challenge. While much smaller in scale than today’s global collapse, e, the dot-com bust of 2000-2002 pushed Google and others in the industry to make some tough decisions — and we all emerged stronger as a result. This new crisis punctuates the end of our first decade e as a company, a decade that has brought great change to Google, the web and the Internet as a whole. As I reflect on this short time period, our accomplishments and our shortcomings, I am very excited about what the next 10 years may bring. But let me start a little farther back — in 1990, the very first web...
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