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Erschienen in: Business & Information Systems Engineering 1/2009

01.02.2009 | BISE – State of the Art

Google: The World’s First Information Utility?

verfasst von: Rex Chen, PhD Candidate, Prof. Kenneth L. Kraemer, Prakul Sharma

Erschienen in: Business & Information Systems Engineering | Ausgabe 1/2009

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Abstract

In only ten years, Google has achieved remarkable success from online search-based advertising. Its search engine is dominant, and its IT infrastructure is the most powerful computing system in the world running on over one million computers and serving more than one billion users globally. Google makes money by using its search engine to deliver online advertising alongside responses to user searches for information, goods, maps, directions, and a host of other services. Its capabilities make it likely to become the world’s first information utility – a concept similar to electric utilities that provide services to many corporations and individuals alike. Constant innovation is the key to Google’s success and offers lessons for other companies: hire talented people, have them work in small teams, and give them freedom to excel, but use a rigorous data-based approach to evaluating results and making course adjustments.

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Fußnoten
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Google currently charges for premium services such as Google Earth Pro and Google SketchUp Pro.
 
2
A high profile example was a former Microsoft Vice President and academia professor, Kai-Fu Lee who left Microsoft to work for Google. Lee played a pivotal role in developing and driving Microsoft’s China strategy. Microsoft feared a leakage of critical confidential information and pursued a legal battle against Google for a one year non-compete agreement. The case was settled between Microsoft and Google with the court judge placing a temporary restraining order on the type of projects Lee could work on at Google.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Google: The World’s First Information Utility?
verfasst von
Rex Chen, PhD Candidate
Prof. Kenneth L. Kraemer
Prakul Sharma
Publikationsdatum
01.02.2009
Verlag
SP Gabler Verlag
Erschienen in
Business & Information Systems Engineering / Ausgabe 1/2009
Print ISSN: 2363-7005
Elektronische ISSN: 1867-0202
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-008-0011-6

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