CASE: E-220 DATE: 05/22/08 FACEBOOK INTRODUCTION In January 2008 Mark Zuckerberg was interviewed on 60 minutes to talk about Facebook and its phenomenal growth since it started as a project in the dorms of Harvard University in 2004. The interviewer could not help but comment on how young he was and wonder whether he was old enough to run a company that many think is the biggest thing since Google. The company had grown to over 60 million users and was expected to grow to 200 million by the
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I. Case Introduction and Key Points [pic] Google is a multinational internet and software corporation that specializes in internet search‚ cloud computing‚ and advertising technologies. It hosts and develops a number of internet-based services and products‚ and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program. Its mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Some of its many successful products are Gmail‚ Google Chrome
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AMAZON REKINDLES ITS FLAIR FOR TECHNOLOGY Summary of Case Amazon.com‚ headquartered in Seattle‚ Washington‚ the world ’s largest online retailer and also one of the nation ’s biggest book sellers. It was founded in 1994 by Jeffrey P. Bezos‚ a former financial analyst for the New York hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Company. In the beginning‚ the company began as an online bookseller in 1995. The name Amazon.com was chosen because the Amazon River is the largest rivers in the world. The Company operates
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1-4. In what ways does Amazon‚ as a company‚ evidence the willingness and ability to collaborate? As we discussed in class‚ collaboration is the activity of two or more people working together to achieve a common goal‚ product‚ or service. Collaboration with competing firm is a critical aspect to Amazon’s business model. In late 2007‚ with the introduction of the Kindle e-reading device According to Science daily‚ Amazon’s collaboration with competing firms such as Apple allows iPad consumers to
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Increase in online advertising ? Online video increasing ? Google engineers are encouraged to spend 20% of their work time (one day per week) on projects that interest them ? 1‚300 r鳵m鳠a day ? Froogle.com / Google Product Search Threats ? Potential Yahoo/Microsoft alliance ? Facebook ? Click fraud ? Copyright disputes stemming from Google Book Search and the digitization of millions of books
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Amazon Case Study Assignment Questions: 1. What is Amazon’s business? [answer this question with a bulleted list] a. World largest online retailer b. Selling products like books‚ digital movies/music‚ electronics/computers‚ clothes‚ toys‚ other home essentials and etc c. In-house consumer electronics d. Cloud computing services 2. What are the business needs/problem that are addressed in the case? [use a table here with column one being the need/problem
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Case study : Amazon 1. What is the business model for Amazon.com? How does their business model differ from that of Barnes and Noble or Borders? How would you value Amazon.com? Amazon is a relatively small player in the bookstore industry‚ and its main competitors are Barnes & Noble and Borders. Despite the difference in scale‚ the company shows great promise‚ because its business model overcomes many of the competitors’ drawbacks. Amazon operates using a web-based platform to sell
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Decisions CASE ANALYSIS: GOOGLE Submitted to: Antonio Errol Ybanez‚ Jr.‚ DBA CSEE Submitted by: Oliver A. Javier TABLE OF CONTENTS • COMPANY BACKGROUND • TOWS MATRIX • MICHAEL PORTER’S COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS • BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP • THE COMPETITIVE PROFILE MATRIX Company Background Google Inc. is
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results. Google was able to target its ads to specific users based on the user’s browsing history. This allow Google to increase annual revenue from $220‚000 in 1999 to more than $86 million in 2001 Google’s strategies have proven to be both successful and unsuccessful. In forms of dominating the internet through advertising (Extracted from case study) Google maps‚ local search‚ airline travel information‚ weather‚ book search‚ Gmail‚ blogger and other features increased traffic to Google sites
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