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! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is an American public corporation with headquarters in Sunnyvale‚ California‚ (in Silicon Valley)‚ that provides services via the Internet worldwide. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal‚ search engine (Yahoo! Search)‚ Yahoo! Directory‚ Yahoo! Mail‚ Yahoo! News‚ advertising‚ online mapping (Yahoo! Maps)‚ video sharing (Yahoo! Video)‚ and social media websites and services. Yahoo! was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated
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Yahoo’s Background Yahoo was found in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo‚ but was incorporated in March 1995. Yahoo Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation with its headquarters in California. “Yahoo Inc. is a leading global Internet communications‚ commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 345 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web‚ www.yahoo.com is the leading guide
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Table of Contents Introduction History of the Microsoft Company History of the Yahoo Company Merger Conclusion Reference Introduction Voluntary amalgamation of two firms on approximately equal terms into one new legal entity called merger. Mergers are effected by exchange of the pre-merger stock (shares) for the stock of the new firm. Owners of each pre-merger firm continue as owners‚ and the resources of
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Case #13 Yahoo! Inc. – Reorganizing Yahoo! Yahoo! – Then and Now In 1994 Yahoo! was created by Jerry Yang and David Filo. They started off this new venture by creating an internet browser that provided users with a platform to browse and view the internet. Yahoo! began generating revenue through online advertisements‚ ad placement fees‚ promotions and sponsorships. In 1995 Yahoo! was incorporated and through its initial IPO in April of 1996 were able to raise $38.8 million through initial
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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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YAHOO! Introduction Yahoo! was created by two Electrical Engineering students from Stanford University – David Filo and Jerry Yang in 1994. At first‚ Yahoo! was a catalogued websites and it published the directory for free on the internet. The original version was called Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web. Then it was renamed as Yahoo!‚ an acronym of “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle” when Filo and Yang left their studies. The humorous name caused some confusion early on
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Final Yahoo! A History and Management Analysis Yahoo! was started in a Stanford University campus trailer. It was founded in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo‚ who were Electrical Engineering graduate students when they created a website named "Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web". The Guide was a directory of other websites‚ organized in a hierarchy‚ as opposed to a searchable index of pages. In April 1994‚ Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web was renamed "Yahoo!". The
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Brief History Yahoo!‚ one of the most common top-ranked names on Fortune 500‚ started as merely a hobby of two students. David Filo and Jerry Yang‚ the original founders of Yahoo!‚ set up a website called “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web”‚ which was later changed to the name “Yahoo!” as we know‚ in February 1994 as a way to keep track of their personal interests on Internet. The website essentially was a directory of other websites organized in a hierarchy‚ as opposed to a searchable
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Report: Profile of Yahoo! Inc Student name: Undral Erdenebayar Student number: 200901320 Module: FC088 Introduction to Business Tutor: Andrew Nummey Submission date: November 19‚ 2012 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Part1: Jerry Yang‚ entrepreneur and co-founder of Yahoo! 3 Part2: Yahoo! Inc 4 Marketing Mix 4 Organizational Culture 6 Motivation 7 Conclusion 7 References 8 Introduction During dot-com boom in Silicon Valley‚ many companies wiped out‚ but some of the remaining
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