In your judgement, why has Google $($and Alphabet$)$ been so successful? Discuss their activities most clearly related to strategy formulation and strategy implementation.

$2.$Describe the corporate and business strategies illustrated in this case. Do these companies seem to be relying more on deliberate or emergent strategies?

$3.$Develop a SWOT analysis for Alphabet, being as specific as possible.

$4.$During the $2020$ COVID$-19$ pandemic many businesses like restaurants, hotels, and movie theater chains suffered significant economic costs because they either closed or significantly reduced their operations. However, Alphabet $($and Google$)$ were not as adversely impacted. To what kinds of environmental upheavals, though, would Alphabet and Google be more susceptible? What kinds of contingency$/$crisis plans might be most effective to address these?