ACG 5026
Chapters 1 & 2 Homework
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a. Google’s main operations consists of providing web search services, advertising services,
creating computer operating systems, and enterprise and hardware products. Google is a
mainly a service company, but with its acquisition of Motorola, it also is a manufacturing
company as well. Motorola provides mobile devices and devices for the home as well.
b. Ernst & Young LLP is the accounting firm that audits Google. The report contains financial
information (Balance Sheet, Income Statement, etc), along with description of the type of
business Google is, trends in the current market, structure of the organization, various
comments regarding the financial data, and the opinion that the financial data was
presented fairly
c. 2012- 10.737 billion
2011 – 9.737 billion
2010 – 8.505 billion
d.
