Preparing for the Google IPO: A revolution in the making Wenying Li‚ Xue Lin‚ Yankai Wang October 28‚ 2014 Upon deciding to raise capital for operations and growth‚ a company looks into preparing an initial public offering to get access to capital market. Unlike other companies following conventional IPO processes‚ Google‚ the largest search engine company‚ revolutionized equity markets with unconventional price-setting mechanism‚ reduced role for the underwriters‚ and dual-class shareholder structure
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Capabilities Capabilities are valuable‚ rare‚ costly to imitate and non substitutable are core competencies. Core competencies are sources of competitive advantage for the firm over its rivals. A sustained competitive advantage is achieved only when the competitors cannot duplicate the benefits of a firm’s strategy or when they lack the resources to attempt imitation. Sustainable competitive advantage results only when all four criteria are satisfied. For a capability to be a core competence
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SUBSTITUTESHIGH SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS High degree of substitution. Eg. International brands and imitated brand of sportswear High switching cost for international brands and low switching cost for imitated brands. | | | Key competitive advantages for Cheetah Strengths | Weaknesses | Market Leadership: 40% market share Early-entry in Malaysia (local sportswear): Cheetah brand was
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MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES AT GOOGLE Name: Iasonia Charalambous Student Number: 20120063 Course: Managing Human Resources CONTENTS: Introduction 3-4 About Google 5 Google’s competitors Gaps in Human Resources Management 6-7 Recruitment and Selection 7 Temporary Employees 8 Challenge of Growth 9 Working Conditions Conclusion 10-11 Recommendation and Conclusion Google Inc. is an American
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Use of Resources‚ Capabilities and Core Competences. Resources‚ capabilities and core competences Resources‚ capabilities and core competencies are the foundation of competitive advantage. Resources are bundled to create organizational capabilities. In turn‚ capabilities are the source of a firm’s core competencies‚ which are the basis of competitive advantages. Here‚ we define and provide examples of these building blocks of competitive advantage. 1. Resources Broad in scope‚ resources cover
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self-interest to prioritize their staff’s needs and goals as well as the mission of the organization (Daft‚ 2014). One of my strengths is in empowering my team as business owners for their assigned areas of responsibility. As business owners‚ they’re responsible for proposing solutions‚ soliciting approval from all appropriate stakeholders‚ obtaining necessary funding and resources‚ and overseeing implementation and operationalization of these solutions. I participate by guiding them through the process
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Appendix 3 – Internal Analysis Resources: a) Tangible resources: i) Physical: plants and equipment * H-D invests continuously in plants and equipment. * H-D plants are located in different states in the US‚ very far from each other‚ which causes very high transportation costs. i) Technological: * H-D is known for its technological backwardness in terms of engines‚ suspension systems‚ braking systems‚ and transmissions. iii)
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chapter 4Lecture Notes Analyzing a Company’s Resources and Competitive Position Chapter Summary Chapter 4 discusses the techniques of evaluating a company’s internal circumstances – its resource capabilities‚ relative cost position‚ and competitive strength versus rivals. The analytical spotlight will be trained on five questions: (1) How well is the company’s present strategy working? (2) What are the company’s resource strengths and weaknesses and its external opportunities and threats? (3) Are
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Q.: How do social networking sites work? What has contributed to their immense popularity? A.: The first phase of the Web was all about content publishing by “experts”‚ without any possibility of interaction between user and author. The second phase of the Web‚ Web 2.0‚ is defined by social media tools‚ which support social interactions and connections with people‚ as well as collaboration and sharing‚ and the creation of user-generated content. This was the major change that allowed the beginning
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21-26 Strengths and Weaknesses of Human Resources in Regional Development Planning of Vojvodina Province Djurdjev‚ B*‚ Kicošev S*‚ Vuksanović G.** Abstract Work on Regional development plan of Vojvodina province was an opportunity for the team members to articulate major strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats in an ex-post analysis and to depict them in a short and illustrative way in SWOT analysis. This paper presents major findings in the area of human resources. Key words
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