...Brian Haggard, Win Qin Google strives to “organize the world’s information … and make it universally accessible and useful”. The most effective and profitable way to accomplish this mission is to put the needs of Google’s users first. How will Google accomplish this immense goal in an ever-changing market? Google’s Strategy in 2011 Zhengzheng Bao, Brian Haggard, Win Qin Google strives to “organize the world’s information … and make it universally accessible and useful”. The most effective and profitable way to accomplish this mission is to put the needs of Google’s users first. How will Google accomplish this immense goal in an ever-changing market? 08 Fall 08 Fall BA5080-Business Strategy BA5080-Business Strategy Table of Contents 1 Executive Summary 3 2 Analysis 6 3 Appendix 14 4 Specific Strategic Statement 17 5 Functional Strategies 17 6 Critical Assumptions 17 7 Works Cited 19 Executive Summary In January of 1996 an Internet search engine company initially named BackRub soon grew into what is now Google Incorporated. Partners Larry Page and Sergey Brin, along with a few investors lived on a shoestring budget. By year-end 1998 Google Inc. was handling 10,000 search queries each day. Google was also voted one of the top 100 Web Sites and Search Engines in 1998. Google was recording successes at a lighting speed pace and embarked on their Initial Public Offering on April 29, 2004. Google has found itself amidst...
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...Changnoi and I am a second year Ph.D. Student in the School of Remote Sensing -The topic of my talk today is “The Birth of Google” 1 Outline Introduction Founders of Google Technology of Google Citation and BackRub project Crawler and PageRank Conclusion Today I would like to discuss four main areas. -Firstly Introduction -Secondly Founder of Google -Thirdly the Technology of Google ,this is subdivided into 2 parts. -And Finally my conclusion and summary, If you have any questions I will be glad to answer them at the end. 2 Introduction The most popular search engine Technology Introduction -Nowadays Google is currently the most popular search engine. -We can say Google has a priority on the Internet. 3 Moving on … Information and webs on Internet - Google search - G-mail - Google map - Google video - So no… And Google has new technology or software to helpful people for examples .. -Google search engine: -this engine has more functions to find information such as files, images, video. -G-mail -Free electronic mail. -Google map -Mapping service. -Google video -Video service about stores, publications, and videos. 4 Founders of Gooooooogle Larry Page (American) Surgey Brin (Russian) In 1995 At Stanford University •You want to know •Who are the founders of the Intelligent search engine ? •About Founder of Google. •When Surgey Brin first met Larry Page in the summer of 1995. -Surgey Brin was a second year grad student in the computer...
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...December 5, 2011 To: Google Management Subject: Google Corporate Strategy Larry, this summarizes our analysis of Google’s current corporate strategy and outlines recommendations to guide future strategic decisions in Google’s incredibly volatile marketplace. Our goal is to help identify where Google’s environment is shifting and how Google can respond proactively to continue the market-beating growth and profitability of past years. Recommendations: 1. Google should continue with its acquisition strategy, utilizing the 70/20/10 plan, and internal operations with refined real options approach. 2. Use the Motorola Mobility acquisition to stage growth by entering the mobile hardware market. The integration of hardware and software capabilities opens a huge door for the company. While understanding the importance of advertising revenue to Google and the need to sustain it, the timing is right to diversify revenue streams and monetize the Android platform through the manufacture of integrated Google phones. This recommendation is important as a means of protecting Google from experiencing the preverbal paradox of success. Moving into mobile manufacturing also helps diversify Google’s revenue stream as Google finds itself losing advertising revenue to other websites, such as Facebook, Netflix, and others. Thus, beyond the importance of protecting Google’s right to make the Android operating system through the acquisition of 17,000 patents, a move which ultimately protects...
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...3/3/2016 Google: The World’s First Information Utility? Springer 4 How Google innovates Innovation at Google has been internally focused on building an IT infrastructure that is robust and enables easy creation of new products and services. Going forward, the information utility will require more externally oriented innovation focused on supporting external developers and customer applications. But how does Google foster the innovation that leads to new applications? This is an important question because most companies cannot expect to imitate its IT infrastructure, but they can imitate its innovation strategies. Google uses the following four strategies. 4.1 Explicit focus on R&D Google’s extraordinary revenue enables it to have a luxury few firms can enjoy today – an R&D lab that focuses on developing revolutionary hardware and software ideas along with complementary services. More than onehalf of the company’s employees are engineers and scientists, and there might be hundreds of projects in development at any given time. Many prototypes are made available on the lab’s website for the interested public to download and try in the beta stage. By launching these beta products and services publicly to be tried out, Google can see which ones take off, get feedback, and incrementally improve them without having to scrap a product that might take off with further development. 4.2 Acquisition of talented people Google is among the most active hightech companies in hiring top ...
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...globalization, competitors, suppliers, technology, customers, the government, and economic conditions. Factors inside a company can be production issues, personnel problems, finances, ethics, lack of innovation, and cultural diversity can be either internal or external (Bateman, 2011). The corporate model that Google has demonstrated in the modern era is one that is worth further study. Google’s management style starts with strong leadership and their record of innovation is certainly one of their strengths. Examination of these factors and how they can affect the functions of management will be explored in this paper. The first function of management is planning. When the management of Google was ready to begin planning this meant that they were fully aware of their overall objective. An internal factor to Google was their strength of really understanding their objective because they were internet users and understood how convenient a web-based search engine would be successful. External factor of planning was this opportunity to create Google effectively to be successful before other internet users developed the same idea of objectives. Planning for globalization was an easy concept since the goal of implementing the search engine would be part of the World Wide Web which reaches out to all internet users throughout the world. In order to keep this a successful organization, planning with the use of the most current technology was important...
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...Google Inc.: SWOT analysis Case Study: Google, Inc. Introduction: Google was started as a research project by two Stanford PhD students named Sergey Brin and Larry page. They registered the domain name google.com in the year 1997 and in September 1998, it became a privately owned incorporate Google Inc. With its extensive research on search algorithms and use of state of the art technology, Google successfully established its brand name in internet search engines market. By the year 2004, Google came up covering over 75% of US web search market. Though Google is a dominating player in internet searching market, it has to compete with its rivals in this field where there is no long time entry barrier. Google can expand / change its business model to survive in this best search engine race. SWOT Analysis: Strengths: • Google – Already number one search engine has established a brand name, in which its users trust. It’s dependable, reliable and fast. • Google needs very little end user marketing as the name itself is getting word by mouth publicity. • Google has a simple interface and it gives comprehensive results without confusing its users. • Google has low operation cost as it uses low cost UNIX web servers for indexing millions of web pages across internet. • Google has hired PhDs who are continuously working hard in order to enhance search algorithms and make searching faster, efficient and relevant. • By 2003, Google has already powered over 75% of the 300 million...
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...any outside factors. External factors come from an outside environment. There are many functions to an effective management, but the most important factors are planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. These factors can affect how a business is maintained. The organization we will be covering is Google. Globalization, technology, innovation, diversity and ethics play key roles in the corporation. Globalization Globalization means worldwide integration and development (dictionary.com). Internal factors of globalization are production, development, customer service and marketing. Over the past decade, Google has positioned itself so that their name, software, etc. appears on every laptop, tablet, phone, etc. across the world. Google has to make sure that internally it evaluates the capabilities of its employees. Sometimes it is necessary to move people around so that the right people are responsible for the right areas. Because they have done such a good job at this. They provide superior customer service in every part of the globe and their marketing strategies requirements of the people using their products and the laws that come along with doing business in another country. An example of a huge external factor that affected Google was an incident that happened in January of 2010. After a cyber-attack occurred, Google revealed to the world that any company who is eager to do business there is quite content to cover up the fact that the Chinese government...
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...documents for specified keywords and return a list of the documents where the keywords were found. A search engine is really a general class of programs; however, the term is often used to specifically describe systems like Google, Bing and Yahoo! Search that enable users to search for documents on the World Wide Web. Web search engines work by sending out a spider to fetch as many documents as possible. Another program, called an indexer, then reads these documents and creates an index based on the words contain in each document. Each search engine uses a proprietary algorithm to create its indices such that, ideally, only meaningful results are returned for each query. As many website owners rely on search engines to send traffic to their website and entire industry has grown around the idea of optimizing Web content to improve your placement in search engine results. One of these was Google, one of the leading internet technologies and advertising companies in the world. The company specializes in internet search engines and related advertising services. It maintains a large index of web sites and other online content, which are freely available through its search engine. The company generates revenue primarily by delivering relevant, online advertising. Google is one of the premier internet brands in the world and also holds strong market position in global search market. Its significant brand image coupled with strong market position provides a competitive advantage to the company...
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...2014 GOOGLE Inc. Team 7 3/6/2014 1. In order to identify capacity constraints and better allocate resources companies, Google adopted 70/20/10 model. Google’s aim is to ‘organize the world’s information’. Though all the projects had one aim, they were classified according to their contribution to the core business. This map clearly distinguished the projects as needed. Derivative projects are the ones’ that involve incremental changes in core products and services. These are allocated with 70% of the Google’s resources. Platform projects comprised of extension to core business. And these were allocated 20% of the resources. Breakthrough projects are the ones that are based on fundamentally new businesses. These are allocated 10% of the total resources. These fostered innovation within the company. 2. Technology Stand Alone Value Google’s standalone value includes products like Google Search, advertising, Browser, Cloud based apps, Mobile Operating System and mobile devices. The need of search engine grew with expansion of World Wide Web. Although other search engines existed, however the results on those platforms could easily be skewed. Larry Page and Sergey Bin came up with a new algorithm to counter those problems. “The perfect search engine” says Larry Page “would understand exactly what you mean and give back exactly what you want”. This proved true hence rated high in customer productivity. Their home page interface is clear and simple, and pages load instantly...
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...February 1, 2015 Google is a multinational search engine that reaches a vast amount of people. Google’s other business include Internet analytics, cloud computing, advertising technologies, Web app, browser and operating system development. Google was invented by two 1995 graduate students from Stanford University, Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Brin and Page submitted a research paper that eventually launched, BackRub. They were initially turned away because the CEO didn’t care about search engines. In 1998, the founders used their own funding and landed on Top 100 Web Sites and Search Engines for 1998 (Google, 16). Google’s Mission is "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful". Google has 8 billion Web pages that can return results as fast as you can query them¬¬. Google’s pace of innovation is breathtakingly fast. Its data warehouse stores and dissects personal information (Iyer & Davenport, 61). Google has a history of protecting the user’s information with respect. Just about every service can be disabled, if preferred. All companies’ policies are easy to read and to understand. Google has continued to become the one-stop online, multi-purpose warehouse of information (Garvin, 82). Google provides its services for free to the Internet users. Google makes their money from Advertisers, who use sometimes pesky ad to online users. Most advertisers pay Google using a Cost per Click basis. Google has developed Android...
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...Industry Analysis 6 3.1 Market Value 6 3.2 SWOT Analysis for the Technology Sector 7 4. Non-Financial Analysis 8 4.1 Google Inc. 8 4.1.1 Company Profile 8 4.1.2 Strategic Target 8 4.1.3 SWOT Analysis 9 4.1.4 Others 10 4.2 Microsoft Corp. 11 4.2.1 Company Profile 11 4.2.2 Strategic Target 12 4.2.3 SWOT Analysis 13 4.2.4 Others 13 4.3 Amazon.com 14 4.3.1 Company Profile 14 4.3.2 Strategic Target 14 4.3.3 SWOT Analysis 15 4.3.4 Others 15 5. Financial Analysis 16 5.1 Profitability 16 5.1.1 Year-on-Year (YoY) Revenue Distribution 16 5.1.2 Net Income 19 5.1.3 Return on Total Asset (ROTA) 20 5.1.4 Return on Equity (ROE) 21 5.2 Liquidity and Financing 22 5.2.1 Short-Term: Current Ratio 22 5.2.2 Long-Term: Gearing 23 5.3 Shareholder Value 24 5.3.1 Earning Per Share (EPS) 24 5.3.2 Price Earning Ratio (PE Ratio) 25 5.3.3 Dividend Per Share 26 5.4 Risk and Discounting 26 5.4.1 CAPM and NPV on Google Inc. 27 5.4.2 CAPM and NPV on Amazon.com 29 5.4.3 CAPM and NPV on Microsoft Corp. 31 6. Investment Decision and Conclusion 34 6.1 Investment Evaluation’s Matrix 34 6.2 Investment Decision and Conclusion 38 7. References 39 8. Appendix 40 Figures and Tables Figure 51: Amazon YOY Revenue, Cost, and Operating Income 16 Figure 52: Microsoft YOY Revenue, Cost, and Operating Income 17 Figure 53: Google YOY Revenue, Cost, and Operating Income 17 Figure 54: Net Income Comparison...
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...Google continually invests huge amounts of resources, whether monetary or people, into their research and development section; where technology is working at its best with projects that range from app developments that are applied to your mobile device to elaborate robotic devices. Some recently introduced technology is the Google Glass that has hit the shoppers market for just under a cool $2300. There are other Google technologies that are not commonly known, but by far are more interesting and have more of a positive future and social impact. Google offers the following technologies which will be discussed; which includes robotics, elevator to space, clean energy, smart thermostat, and smart contact lens are the unique possibilities to the future and mankind. In the past five years, Google has been known for acquisitioning robotic companies in order to develop their own robotics division; this Research and Development (R&D) laboratory is called Google X. Little is known about Google X and their doings, for security and privacy, just what is permitted and released by their Public Relations office. One of their most important acquisitions was Boston Dynamics who formally worked on robotics projects for the Pentagon (Smith, 2014). Google X is focusing on developing robots to perform the most ordinary of simple tasks around the home and workplace (Mack, 2011). But a more positive aspect is Google’s contribution to the War on Terrorism with their AlphaDog which is currently...
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...Calculate or identify from each company’s most recent annual report the six (6) specific financial ratios listed and provide as an appendix to the paper. Liquidity measurement ratio: Current ratio The current ratio is a popular financial ratio used to test a company's liquidity by deriving the proportion of current assets available to cover current liabilities. The concept behind this ratio is to ascertain whether a company's short-term assets are readily available to pay off its short-term liabilities Profitability indicator ratios: Return on assets This ratio indicates how profitable a company is relative to its total assets. The return on assets (ROA) ratio illustrates how well management is employing the company's total assets to make a profit. The ROA ratio is calculated by comparing net income to average total assets, and is expressed as a percentage. Profitability indicator ratios: Return on equity This ratio indicates how profitable a company is by comparing its net income to its average shareholders' equity. The return on equity ratio (ROE) measures how much the shareholders earned for their investment in the company. Operating performance ratio: Fixed asset turnover ratio This ratio is a rough measure of the productivity of a company's fixed assets with respect to generating sales. This annual turnover ratio is designed to reflect a company's efficiency in managing these significant assets. Cash flow indicator ratio: Dividend payout ratio This...
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...The latest technology is causing controversy all over the world, the newest being the Google Glasses. The purpose of this is to show what the glasses are. There are parts of the world that are against the glasses, either by Google itself or the glasses. Then how Google has been at at the front of new technology. Even though people are just seeing the problems with privacy, it was there way before the glasses were even made. First the reader should know what the Glass looks like. According to Google, they have “adjustable nose pads and a frame that allows a one-size-fits-all offering and two extra nose pads are included. The display is said to have the appearance of a 25-inch HD screen viewed from eight feet away. As expected, image capture is a key feature, with 5MP stills and 720p video supported. Also integrated is 16GB of total flash memory, of which 12 GB is usable and synchronised with Google-supplied cloud storage.... The battery allows one day of typical use, but is reduced by power-hungry operations such as video capture.(Google)” If you wear regular prescription glasses, "‘The Glass design is modular, so you will be able to add frames and lenses that match your prescription,’ the Glass team said in a Google+ post. ‘We understand how important this is and we've been working hard on it.’(Albanesius)” Google+ is the social network work site within Google. “Google glasses that overlay the Internet on daily lives should hit the market in a little more than a year -- technology...
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...Case: Google Data Center Efficiency Best Practices 1. What is PUE, and why is it an important place to start when considering how to reduce data center power consumption? What value of PUE should data center managers strive for? 2. Describe the five methods recommended by Google for reducing power consumption. 3. How much of the world’s global greenhouse gases are the result of computing? List several factors that will tend to retard or accelerate data center power consumption both globally and in the United States. 4. Where do you suspect that data-center power consumption will be greatest: developing and emerging economies or already developed economies? Why? 5. Imagine that a company has developed an advanced technology that allows it to reduce its data-center requirements by an unprecedented amount, and creates a competitive Power usage efficiency (PUE) is a form of measuring how efficient a data center is in using energy. PUE can be determined by a ratio of amount of power entering the data center by the amount of power used to run the computer equipment (PUE = Total Facility Energy/IT Equipment Energy). PUE provides the tool to measure how effective a data center is in utilizing energy to cool its computers equipment. Data center managers strive for a PEU of 1.0. As the PUE increases over 1.0 the less efficient the data center is in using energy to cool its computer equipment which could be very costly for the company since its overhead cost will rise...
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