Future of Google

Company Profile

Google Inc. is a U.S. public corporation, first incorporated as a privately held corporation in September, 1998, that designs and manages the Internet Google search engine. A company that started out in a garage, quickly started out conquering the world with its comprehensive and innovative way of thinking.

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Group Profile

Remigius Barendse
Matt Stolwijk
Ning Xu
Asli Cavusoglu
Paul Nguyen

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Research Questions

• How did the idea for Google came up?
• How did Google start with finance?
• How does Google gain revenue?
• How does Google handles privacy issues?
• Is Google a stabile company at the moment?

• What is Google’s core business?
• What are Google' s additional businesses?
• How many hits does Google generate a day?
• Where are they operating in the world?

• Who are Google' s competitors (Core Business and General)?
• What are the sizes of Google' s competitors (Current)?
• How many employees does Google have?
• What are the strongly related businesses with Google where they are NOT active in yet?
• What is Google' s business strategy?

• Is Google a centralized or decentralized company?
• Is Google dependent on other companies and/or partnerships?
• Why is Google involved in so many ‘markets segments’?
• How is the working environment within Google?
• Why does Google adept to the Chinese government?

• What is Google's financial situation?
• What new technology has been developed by Google?
• Was Google involved in any take overs?
  
  

Driving Forces

• Google's adaption to the Great Firewall of China
• Google's technological innovation and R&D
• Google's storage capacity and sheer processing power
• Open source technology behind Google's power
• Getting the best knowledge workers
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• Information on its own is not enough anymore
• Market Research - Understanding the future customer
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