Google Inc. Marketing Case Study Analysis Submitted by: Lynne Abt Prof. Paul Guyette BUS 689: Marketing Strategy & Policy Rivier College May 06‚ 2007 Industry Background Search engine companies haven’t been around for very long with most of them coming into existence in the mid 1990’s. Many of these companies are already gone or in a state of gobbling each other up to compete with the bigger companies. Yahoo seems to be the grandfather of the currently existing crop starting in 1994. The
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http://www.ibscdc.org/Case_Studies/HRM/HRM0042C.htm http://www.slideshare.net/1912Wayah/handout-google?related=6 1. Rationale or background We will begin this case study mentioning the basic concept of what is Human Resource Management (HRM): it is the function within an organization that comprises all the stages and areas related with the management of the people who work there. Definitively the companies who understand the human and economic value of a well-organized and motivated staff have
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Presented By Group 5 Google History Google began in March 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin‚ Ph.D. students at Stanford working on the Stanford Digital Library Project (SDLP). The SDLP’s goal was “to develop the enabling technologies for a single‚ integrated and universal digital library" and was funded through the National Science Foundation among other federal agencies. In search for a dissertation theme‚ Page considered—among other things—exploring the mathematical
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more concentrated (i.e.: dominated by fewer firms)? ● Is search a winner-take-all business? ● In renewing its deal with AOL‚ could Google afford to pay AOL more than 100% of the revenue generated from AOL searches? ● How did Microsoft’s maximum affordable bid for AOL’s search traffic compare to Google’s? In addition to enhancing its core search business‚ should Google also branch out into new arenas? Which of the follow would you recommend: ● Building a full-fledged portal like Yahoo’s; ● Targeting
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Financial Analysis 8 SWOT Analysis 9 Recommendations 11 References 12 Tables 13 Executive Summary Google went from a startup company operating on a shoestring budget in 1998 to the world leading Internet search provider with revenues of $16.5 billion in 2007. The search engine industry is dominated by the organization that can provide users with the fastest and most accurate search results. Google has been able to surge ahead of their competitors by focusing on the needs of their users and their
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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‚ Google Docs‚ Google Earth‚ and Youtube
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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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HR PRACTICES IN GOOGLE 1. Building innovation into job descriptions: ’20 percent time ’ Technical employees are required to spend 80% of their time on the core search and advertising businesses‚ and 20% on technical projects of their own choosing." "Employees ’ work structure follows a ’70/20/10 ’ model‚ 2. Eliminating friction at every turn: ensuring change can happen quickly and efficiently Google’s approach to innovation is highly improvisational. Any engineer in the company has a
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Competitive Strategy Assessment 2 Case Study Google Inc. INTRODUCTION This Business Report primarily addresses 4 questions asked on the Google Inc. case study. Information is primarily obtained from the case study and from publicly available news reports and articles. KEY QUESTIONS 1. What were the key factors behind Google’s early success? A number of key factors contributed to Google’s early success. Google had unassailable competitive advantage in
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fastcompany.com/703052/worlds-most-innovative-companies Google. (2010). Google: Global Diversity and Talent Inclusion 2010 annual report. Retrieved 20 DEC 2013 from http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.co.uk/en/uk/diversity/Google-2010-Report-on-Global-Diversity-and-Inclusion.pdf Google. (2013). Corporate: culture. Retrieved 18 DEC 2013 from http://www.Google.com/corporate/culture.html Great Place to Work. (2007). Why is Google so great?: Best People Practice Examples. Retrieved 14
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