Acquisition of Motorola by Google On August 15‚ Google announced an agreement to acquire Motorola Mobility‚ based in Libertyville‚ Illinois‚ for $40 per share. Both companies’ boards of directors have approved the deal. Benefits of the deal Google and Motorola Mobility together will accelerate innovation and choice in mobile computing. Consumers will get better phones at lower prices. Motorola Mobility’s patent portfolio will help protect the Android ecosystem. Android‚ which is open-source
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Google has many challenges in motivating their current employees. In an industry that is extremely competitive and always changing‚ Google has found themselves losing employees to competitors (like Facebook) and smaller startup companies. Google offers their employees many perks and benefits that most people that work for large companies think are quite lavish. From offering massages‚ on-site laundry‚ and spa treatments (just to name a few)‚ Google has to keep their talented employees happy of
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Individual Stock report: Google Inc. (GOOG) Chao ZHANG Description of the company Business & Relevant history Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is an American multinational corporation which provides Internet-related products and services‚ including internet search‚ cloud computing‚ software and advertising technologies. Advertising revenues from AdWords generate almost all of the company’s profits The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey
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This case is based on the negotiation between Google and the Chinese government to allow access by Chinese citizens to a high-speed Chinese version of the Google search engine. In order to reach agreement with the Chinese government‚ Google had to agree to allow the government to censor access to some sites turned up by Google’s search engine. In agreeing‚ Google compromised its open access policy. There were inquiries into the agreement by the U.S. Congress and some outcry from U.S. citizens.
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Macroenvironmental Factors Affecting Automobile Industry - Presentation Transcript 1. MACRO-ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY 2. Introduction * Tenth largest in the world * Expected to overtake China * Huge attraction for foreign car manufacturers * Dominated by domestic companies * Contributes 3.1% to the nominal GDP 3. Interesting Figures India’s motorcycle market is the second largest in the world Largest three-wheeler market
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European Management Journal (2013) 31‚ 124– 136 journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/emj Diversity attitudes and group knowledge processing in multicultural organizations Jakob Lauring‚ Jan Selmer * Business and Social Sciences‚ Aarhus University‚ Denmark KEYWORDS Openness to diversity; Diversity attitudes; Knowledge sharing; Multicultural organizations; Cultural diversity; Groups; Linguistic diversity; Language diversity Summary The ability to locate‚ share‚ and use knowledge
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References 5 1. Introduction Google inc. is a company specialized in internet services and products‚ Google is developing over the last 14 years to become one of the best operating firms worldwide and obviously it did. Google has arranged many benefits to its employees in order to motivate and energize them. Google has café with free diverse food‚ a fitness center and laundry room in its campus‚ all of that can meet with employees physiological needs. Google has free on-site physicians and nurses
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decision by Google to buy Motorola. What economic concepts would support this investment and in your opinion why might the purchase of Motorola be anti-competitive? “We are on a turning-point in the world of personal technology. For around 30 years PCs in various forms have been people’s main computing devices. Now the rise of smartphones and tablet computers threatens to erode the PC’s dominance‚ prompting talk that a “post-PC” era is finally dawning.” (Miles‚ 2011) On August 15 Google announced a
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Literature Review Google INTRODUCTION IT company Google‚ are ranked amongst the best workplaces in both Australia and the USA. In 2009‚ Google Australia finished top of the list in the 2009 Great Places to Work study. This follows the lead of its US parent company‚ which ranked first in Fortune’s 100 best Companies to Work For list in both 2007 and 2008. Attributing to this success is the fact that Google has managed to create an environment that encourages highly motivated employees. Google employees
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2013 Google – Motorola Mobility Acquisition This project has been prepared as part of the Investment Banking course at SIBM Bengaluru. It highlights the salient features of the acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google and its take from an Investment Banking perspective. Rohit Jhunjhunwala 12020841158 8/18/2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary................................................................................................................................. 3 Introduction:
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