Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
Stanford Business School
Version: 5 August 2015
Length: 27 pages
Data source: Field research
Abstract
By 2015 Google’s Android operating system had been deployed on over one billion units worldwide. The firm had been happy with the high market segment share achieved on mobile phones, but new challenges were arising: advances by traditional competitors such as Apple and Facebook, potential fragmentation of the Android OS, new market dynamics in China and India, and the complexity of managing a large organization which sometimes had diverging goals in different product groups. This case explores how Google confronted the strategic opportunities facing the company around Android, including maintaining strong performance while being nimble enough to expand into new markets.
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Stanford Business School
Version: 5 August 2015
Length: 1 pages
Data source: Field research
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By 2015 Google’s Android operating system had been deployed on over one billion units worldwide. The firm had been happy with the high market segment share achieved on mobile phones, but new challenges were arising: advances by traditional competitors such as Apple and Facebook, potential fragmentation of the Android OS, new market dynamics in China and India, and the complexity of managing a large organization which sometimes had diverging goals in different product groups. This case explores how Google confronted the strategic opportunities facing the company around Android, including maintaining strong performance while being nimble enough to expand into new markets.
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Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
Stanford Business School
Version: 5 August 2015
Length: 1 pages
Data source: Field research
Notes: For terms & conditions go to www.thecasecentre.org/freecaseterms