To be fair, though, Google is a company that exists in a country where shareholders have the legal right to say how a company is run. Google (for better or wor

To be fair, though, Google is a company that exists in a country where shareholders have the legal right to say how a company is run. Google (for better or worse) does not belong to the world, it belongs to its shareholders who _paid_ for the right to own a piece of the company. Even with Google's unique ownership structure mentioned in the article, Larry and Sergey are not immune from pressure from shareholders who might want to crack down a bit on corporate costs. There will always have to be a balance, and it doesn't look like Google is completely killing off its innovative culture, just trying to find a happy medium where it can do its thing and shareholders will still be happy.