Euro Strategy

This journal post comes from the the following url.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/no-clear-strategy-to-save-the-euro/

I thought it would be interesting to look at an article for strategy about the total lack of a strategy.

It appears that Europe is having a difficult time knowing what strategy it should pursue to preserve its Euro. It's in trouble because of countries like Greece (and a few other potential countries, like Ireland and Portugal) literally declaring bankruptcy.

The result of this lack of strategy is the severe weakening of the currency and European influence and power. Truly, the absence of strategy is worse than following a mediocre or perhaps even poor strategy.

Good luck Europe! Find a strategy and get everybody on board.

Friday, Jan 21, 2011

Google reports that it is returning back to its roots in order to better attack Facebook.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-01-21/google-turns-to-co-founder-page-to-step-up-attack-on-facebook.html


I think this is interesting, especially in the light of recent events that show that Facebook is registering more face time (pun intended) with users than Google is. It seems that Google is starting to feel a little threatened by this.

Google's move appears to be a slight shift in strategy as it takes its founder and promotes him to CEO. Maybe they're trying to pull an Apple, and get that original vision back in to bolster the company take it on to even greater heights. (Mainly because of the lack of universal success for other Google products, like Wave and Buzz among others)

It'll be interesting to see how this affects Google's strategy over the next several years.