Yahoo! Inc. - 2009 Case Notes Prepared by: Dr. Mernoush Banton Case Authors: Hamid Kazeroony A. Case Abstract Yahoo! Inc. (www.yahoo.com) is a comprehensive strategic management case that includes the company’s Calendar year-end December 31‚ 2008 financial statements‚ competitor information and more. The case time setting is the year 2009. Sufficient internal and external data are provided to enable students to evaluate current strategies and recommend a three-year strategic plan for
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Assignment #3 Paper on Case 5.1 Yahoo on China In case 5.1‚ Yahoo in China‚ the moral accountability of the American based Tech Company Yahoo is called into question when it provided the personal information of Chinese citizen Shi Tao to Chinese authorities in order in incriminate him. Tao a journalist and democracy advocate posted details on a New York bases forum of the Chinese Government’s plans to hold back a protest. Upon the Chinese Government finding out about this posting‚ which was
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Yahoo! and Customer Privacy (A) In the summer of 2004‚ the People’s Republic of China asked Yahoo!’s Chinese subsidiary for the name and address associated with username "houyan1989@yahoo.com.cn." The government gave no explanation of why it needed this information or what it intended to do with it. Yahoo!’s privacy policy stated it would not divulge a customer’s personal information unless officially requested via a court order or some other legal means. This was new and unexplored territory‚ however
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lacked due to low barrier to entry. 2. Services offered by yahoo are similarly to its competitors so product differentiation is difficult. 3. Yahoo faces the problem of low growth in various products which it offered. 4. Offering so many products that cause diversion in attention. Opportunities 1. Strong internet based platform. 2. Opportunity to increase in market share through merger or partnership with other companies like yahoo. 3. Global expansion especially in Asian countries to reduce
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Burger King is the world’s largest flame- broiled fast food restaurant chain. 65 As of mid- 2009‚ it operated about 12‚000 restaurants in all 50 states and in 74 countries and U. S. territories worldwide through a combination of company- owned and franchised operations‚ which together employed nearly 400‚000 people worldwide. Only Yum Brands ( A& W‚ KFC‚ Long John Silver‚ Pizza Hut‚ and Taco Bell)‚ McDonald’s‚ and Subway‚ with 36‚000‚ 32‚000‚ and 28‚000 restaurants‚ respectively‚ were larger. Given
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Strategic Management in Organization Portfolio Assessment Details Part A-i “Is Porsche Killing the Golden Goose? (Business Strategy)” Word count: 543 Part A-ii “Nike’s Core Competency: The Risky Business of Fairly Tales” Word count: 621 Part A-i Porsche Business Strategy In the luxury car industry that Porsche has developed for more than 100 years built a strong industry barrier for new comers‚ including the aspect of capital‚ technology‚ reputation and experiences. Recently‚ Porsche modified
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Strategic Management Term Paper Core competencies of Wal mart and Honda Instruments for their Growth By: Hari Kiran Babu.G (0711) Naga Mounica.G (0723) Sai Krishna Chaitanya (0736) Surabhi Rajan (0749) Sobhan Pavan Tej .K (0641) Core Competencies Core competencies lead to the development of core products. Core products are not directly sold to end users; rather‚ they are used to build a
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Case Study –Yahoo! Inc. 1. Case Title Yahoo! Inc. 2. Brief History/Background of the Case Yahoo! Inc is an internet service provider that services both users and business globally. The company was found in 1944 by David Filo and Jerry Yang who were attending Stanford University(PHD Program). In 1995‚Yahoo!Inc was incorporated in Delaware and launched a highly successful initial public offering IPO in April 1996 with a total of 49 employees. Its stock rose to the high of $120 in
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The Strategic Position of Yahoo!: Environment: The constantly changing landscape of the internet is the environment in which Yahoo! exists. Increasing and intensifying competition from companies like Google have seen Yahoo! overtaken in terms of its leadership in key internet markets like internet searching using search engines. The fact that company has spread itself (and hence its resources) over a plethora of internet opportunities has resulted in the company becoming fragmented and uncompetitive
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The Company When Yahoo! was founded in 1994 by Stanford Ph.D. students‚ David Filo and Jerry Yang‚ it began as their hobby and has evolved into a global brand that has changed the way people communicate with each other‚ find and access information‚ and make purchases. Today‚ Yahoo! Inc. is the Internet ’s leading global consumer and business Services Company‚ offering a comprehensive network of essential services for Web users around the globe as well as businesses of all sizes. As the first online
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