Google – Case Study I. General information II. History III. Company’s Strategy and Mission IV. Financial Analysis - Ratios V. SWOT Analysis VI. Recommendation GENERAL INFORMATION Google Corporation provides products and services that are internet-related and it’s originally based in America. It’s well known for its services that include web-searching‚ software‚ advertising and cloud computing. Almost all of the profits of the company come from the advertising sector and
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Individual Paper Google: The Quest to Balance Privacy with Profits Amanda Green MGT 308 Professor Vidal March 19‚ 2013 Background Since its birth over a decade ago‚ Google has been on the cutting edge of internet technological innovation‚ and more recently‚ consumer electronics and productivity tools. Many faithful Google users praise the company for the ease of use of their products‚ and for the number of free virtual products the company offers (Google
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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
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Google‚ as an internet-based company founded in 1996‚ which has done a tremendous progress in the past 13 years‚ is particularly successful and innovative. In 2007‚ Google surpassed Microsoft as the most visited site on the Web (Kopytoff V‚ 2007). The company ’s influence on the Web is undeniable. Many would ask: How did Google manage to grow up from a nobody to a giant of internet-based companies in such a short time? The answer has much to do with one of the most important elements of Google ’s
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Analysis of Google. Name Institution Date An Analysis of Google. “I’ll google it‚” says somebody somewhere. Google’s name is becoming the eponym for searching anything on the internet. This recent habit can be attributed to the company’s growth into an internationally known brand since its inception in 7th September 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Google is an international technology firm based in California with a broad range of products such as Google Glass and services like Google Wallet
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GOOGLE Financial Analysis Report Prepared for: Financial Management Class – Florida Institute of Technology February 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 COMPANY INTRODUCTION 4 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 5 Summary Financial Analysis Report 6 WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL (WACC) 10 FUTURE CASH FLOWS 12 ANALYSIS OF CASH FLOWS 13 Sensitivity Analysis of Google’s 2011 Future Cash Flow 14 Sensitivity Graph for Google’s 2011 Future Cash Flow 15 Sensitivity Graph for
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It’s really the people that make Google the kind of company it is. We hire people who are smart and determined‚ and we favor ability over experience. Although Googlers share common goals and visions for the company‚ we hail from all walks of life and speak dozens of languages‚ reflecting the global audience that we serve. And when not at work‚ Googlers pursue interests ranging from cycling to beekeeping‚ from frisbee to foxtrot. We strive to maintain the open culture often associated with startups
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Google and the Government of China: A case study in Cross-Cultural Negotiations Develop a negotiations planning document using the Kellogg format in Exhibit 11 Issue Google Chinese government Purpose of negotiation Priority: 1 Position: focuses on profit and brand management Priority: 2 Position: technological‚ economic gaining Interests: A population of 1.3 billion along with a growing economy makes Chinese market extremely important for Google to enter Interests: It wants Google
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offering took place on August 19‚ 2004‚ raising $1.67 billion‚ making it worth $23 billion. Google is now widely recognized as the world’s largest search engine -- an easy-to-use free service that usually returns relevant results in a fraction of a second. The world’s biggest‚ best-loved search engine owes its success to supreme technology and a simple rule: Don’t be evil! The ethical policies and behaviour of Google can be understood better by analysing the four spheres of responsibilities. The analysis
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portfolio as diverse as Google’s‚ what are the company’s core brand values? Ans: With a diverse portfolio‚ Google has its underlying core brand values. These core brand values are as follows – Good Work Environment: As a global corporate citizen‚ Google has always tried hard to be one of the “Good Guys” in the corporate world‚ underneath a touchy-feely work environment. Basically Google hires great people and expect a lot from them in return. They also try to create an environment where people
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