Corporate Knowledge Questions

Question 1

What is google corporate strategy?

Answer 1

The company adopts inorganic growth strategy to expand its expertise in engineering and other functional areas. Google’s major acquisitions are focused on strengthening its cloud customer base, app-based solutions, life-science businesses, and broaden its portfolio of patented technology.

Question 2

What is a Doodle?

Answer 2

A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages that commemorates holidays, events, achievements, and people.

Question 3

Where does the name google come from?

Answer 3

A Mathematical expression. The number 1 followed by 100 ceros

Question 4

How is google organisational structure?

Answer 4

Based on Three main characteristics: Function-based definition
Product-based definition
Flatness

Question 5

What are google’s main business segments?

Answer 5

Google Properties, Google Network Members’ Properties and Others.

Question 6

Who is Susan Wojcicki?

Answer 6

CEO Youtube

Question 7

What are googles strengths?

Answer 7

R&D Capabilities, Penetration of Android Operating System and Search engine efficiency

Question 8

What are google weaknesses?

Answer 8

Legal Proceedings. Dependance on Advertising, Security Issues

Question 9

What are googles opportunities?

Answer 9

1. Next Billion Users Initiative (Target emerging markets, increasing internet penetration)
2. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
3. Expansion into Hardware
4. Growing Cloud Computing Market

Question 10

What are Google’s main competitors?

Answer 10

Baidu, Inc.
Facebook, Inc
Microsoft Corporation
Oracle Corporation 
Salesforce.Com