http://gigaom.com/2008/10/06/after-cutting-10-of-its-workforce-ebay-goes-shopping/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2008/10/06/after-cutting-10-of-its-workforce-ebay-goes-shopping/#comment-148843 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:29:13 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=23727#comment-148843 [...] The rest of the NYT article outlines how far eBay has fallen. eBay had short-term focus (quarterly results) and fell into the innovator’s dilemma because they were held hostage by the hostility and vested interests of their sellers. Consider this quote, via Om Daily: [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2008/10/06/after-cutting-10-of-its-workforce-ebay-goes-shopping/#comment-148842 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:20:26 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=23727#comment-148842 [...] of times. Not only has it found it necessary to make 1000 people – 10% of its workforce – redundant, it has had to own up to a serious breach of trust with its Internet telephony program, [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2008/10/06/after-cutting-10-of-its-workforce-ebay-goes-shopping/#comment-148841 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:30:59 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=23727#comment-148841 [...] Higginbotham, Monday, October 6, 2008 at 3:30 PM PT Comments (0) Today eBay said it would spend $945 million to buy online payment company Bill Me Later, but the folks over at Amazon.com aren’t likely to welcome eBay as Bill Me Later’s new [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2008/10/06/after-cutting-10-of-its-workforce-ebay-goes-shopping/#comment-148840 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:27:49 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=23727#comment-148840 [...] More info: Yahoo Finance | GigaOM [...]

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