Strategic Innovation

Google’s transparency is becoming a major issue for it’s investors. They don’t get press releases, but updates are released on corporate blogs which they have to scour to find out about what they are doing. Some investors are saying that they just simply need to “grow up!” Their stock price from a high of $450+ in Feb, they are now at $337, as investor confidence is declining. Their profits, on the other hand, is rising.

Business Week: Gauging Google’s Gaffes

In a Recent Time Cover Story of Google guys, they claimed the following:

SCHMIDT: The company isn’t run for the long-term value of our shareholders but for the long-term value of our end users.

Internet outsider is talking about this conflict of interest

The question is: is this what is causing their stock to plummet? All the analyst reports are bombarding Google left right and center although their revenue and profits still are consistently growing…. hmm…