on Yahoo Case study Yahoo was conceptualized almost accidentally in 1993 by Jerry Yang and David Filo - who were pursuing their electrical engineering degree from Stanford University - while posting a list of their favorite sites on the web‚ got officially founded in 1994 and incorporated in the year 1995. Initially named “Jerry’s guide to world wide web”‚ got later named Yahoo which was an acronym for “Yet another Hierarchal Officious Oracle”. The term “Hierarchal” described how the Yahoo database
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Alex. U/GSU EMBA Financial Reporting Comparative Financial Analysis Nike Inc. vs. Adidas AG Submitted to: Dr. Ismail Gomaa By: Ghada Mahmoud Saafan 1/1/2010 CONTENTS Contents ........................................................................................................................................................................2 Methodology: ....................................................................................................................................
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Report: Profile of Yahoo! Inc Student name: Undral Erdenebayar Student number: 200901320 Module: FC088 Introduction to Business Tutor: Andrew Nummey Submission date: November 19‚ 2012 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Part1: Jerry Yang‚ entrepreneur and co-founder of Yahoo! 3 Part2: Yahoo! Inc 4 Marketing Mix 4 Organizational Culture 6 Motivation 7 Conclusion 7 References 8 Introduction During dot-com boom in Silicon Valley‚ many companies wiped out‚ but some of the remaining
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TEAM FINANCIAL ANALYSIS PROJECT SIC Code 3571 – The Electronic & Computers Industry Overview The electronic & computers industry consists of hardware‚ software‚ service and an endless array of products‚ our team chose to narrow the research to PC’s. Including as well computers and computer storage devices such as: DVD drives‚ and computer peripheral equipment‚ such as printers and scanners; communications equipment (wireless telephones and telephone switching equipment) and some others
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YAHOO! Inc. 2006 |I. Current Situation | A. Yahoo’s Current Performance (2006) In 2006‚ Yahoo’s return on assets plummeted from 18.95% in 2005 to 6.73% in 2006. In addition to the poor return rates‚ Yahoo’s market share dropped from 30.5% in July 05 to 28.8% in July 2006. Google (Yahoo’s main competitor) however‚ showed an impressive market share increase from 36.5%
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Current Situation Google is famous for many things that they communicate within the company. Google concentrates on an easy to use‚ effective system allowing them to strive for improvement in the expansion technology area. Google allows users to access searches from anywhere with their mobile platform called Android. Google makes money from advertising without the vast majority of users even knowing they are doing it. This can be a positive and a negative. SWOT Analysis Strengths Strengths
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The initial intent of this analysis was to identify changes in accounting methods within the financial statements of Walgreens and CVS‚ as well as to compare and contrast their financial statements‚ in order to draw conclusions about which company had better earnings. However‚ in the process of this analysis‚ with the exception of a minor change to lease accounting by Walgreens‚ there were no major changes in accounting methods identified. In examining the financial statements for these two drugstore
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Main issues for Yahoo! Inc. Microsoft offered $ 44.6 billion‚ trying to get Yahoo’s Internet-research business only. Significant decline in net profit in 2008 and 2009. Rapid deterioration of online advertising business. Throw employees as a solution to increase profits even. Close its services and website. Negotiate an agreement with Microsoft or to continue alone. Its stock value was less than $ 14 by 2009. Internet products‚ services and content are characterized by rapid change‚ converging
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Overview: Baidu vs. Google Traditionally world compare China to a slumbering dragon. And for West or other developed countries‚ this is used as a great opportunity to access a great volume of inexpensive labours and huge manufacturing capabilities. Interestingly‚ now the dragon comes fully awake and the rest of the world had better watch out. Same goes to Google when China discovering Baidu-often referred to as China’s Google in 2000. Is this China’s Google ready for what the Google has become in
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Brief History Yahoo!‚ one of the most common top-ranked names on Fortune 500‚ started as merely a hobby of two students. David Filo and Jerry Yang‚ the original founders of Yahoo!‚ set up a website called “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web”‚ which was later changed to the name “Yahoo!” as we know‚ in February 1994 as a way to keep track of their personal interests on Internet. The website essentially was a directory of other websites organized in a hierarchy‚ as opposed to a searchable
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