Yahoo! in China - Background Shi Tao Shi Tao‚ a Chinese poet and journalist‚ is serving a ten-year prison sentence in China for sending an email to the U.S. According to a letter Amnesty International received from Yahoo! (YHOO)‚ and Yahoo!’s own later public admissions‚ Yahoo! China provided account-holder information‚ in compliance with a government request‚ that led to Shi Tao’s sentencing. Mr. Shi was accused of "illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities" after sending an email
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Assignment #3 Paper on Case 5.1 Yahoo on China In case 5.1‚ Yahoo in China‚ the moral accountability of the American based Tech Company Yahoo is called into question when it provided the personal information of Chinese citizen Shi Tao to Chinese authorities in order in incriminate him. Tao a journalist and democracy advocate posted details on a New York bases forum of the Chinese Government’s plans to hold back a protest. Upon the Chinese Government finding out about this posting‚ which was
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Yahoo’s Background Yahoo was found in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo‚ but was incorporated in March 1995. Yahoo Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation with its headquarters in California. “Yahoo Inc. is a leading global Internet communications‚ commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 345 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web‚ www.yahoo.com is the leading guide
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Yahoo! Inc. - 2009 Case Notes Prepared by: Dr. Mernoush Banton Case Authors: Hamid Kazeroony A. Case Abstract Yahoo! Inc. (www.yahoo.com) is a comprehensive strategic management case that includes the company’s Calendar year-end December 31‚ 2008 financial statements‚ competitor information and more. The case time setting is the year 2009. Sufficient internal and external data are provided to enable students to evaluate current strategies and recommend a three-year strategic plan for
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Yahoo! and Customer Privacy (A) In the summer of 2004‚ the People’s Republic of China asked Yahoo!’s Chinese subsidiary for the name and address associated with username "houyan1989@yahoo.com.cn." The government gave no explanation of why it needed this information or what it intended to do with it. Yahoo!’s privacy policy stated it would not divulge a customer’s personal information unless officially requested via a court order or some other legal means. This was new and unexplored territory‚ however
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1 Yahoo Case Executive Summary This case study analysis is on Yahoo! (referred to also as “Yahoo”). Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) is a global internet services company that operates the Yahoo! Internet portal. It provides varied products and content‚ from email and search to media streaming and downloads. As of February 2010‚ it is the third-most popular Internet site in the United States in terms of monthly traffic‚ with visits by more than 120 million unique users every month (Yahoo. Wikinvest). The Case
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YAHOO! Introduction Yahoo! was created by two Electrical Engineering students from Stanford University – David Filo and Jerry Yang in 1994. At first‚ Yahoo! was a catalogued websites and it published the directory for free on the internet. The original version was called Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web. Then it was renamed as Yahoo!‚ an acronym of “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle” when Filo and Yang left their studies. The humorous name caused some confusion early on
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1. If you were the CEO of Yahoo! And were presenting an opinion to the board of directors whether or not to release information to the Chinese government regarding a subscriber to Yahoo!’s e-mail‚ what would you say is more important-penetrating the Chinese market or adhering Yahoo’s principles regarding privacy protection? If I were the CEO of Yahoo! I would say that every business is in a society and every society has own rules and systems. Yahoo! had to follow the systems of China to set
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Case Study –Yahoo! Inc. 1. Case Title Yahoo! Inc. 2. Brief History/Background of the Case Yahoo! Inc is an internet service provider that services both users and business globally. The company was found in 1944 by David Filo and Jerry Yang who were attending Stanford University(PHD Program). In 1995‚Yahoo!Inc was incorporated in Delaware and launched a highly successful initial public offering IPO in April 1996 with a total of 49 employees. Its stock rose to the high of $120 in
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Yahoo! Case Analysis May 9 2007 The strategy of implementation of an established dot com company‚ struggling to leverage current advertising methods with business objectives. Jason Drohn Bradley Bierer Carol Woods Michelle Victory Paul Rapela Table of Contents Executive Summary......................................................................................................................... 3 History: ................................................................
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