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After 18 months of attempting to transition the company to holacracy, Tony Hsieh, Zappos’ celebrity CEO, decided it was time to make the change happen. In March 2015, he sent an email to all Zappos employees offering them 3 months’ severance pay if they felt that self-management was not for them.
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Reference 6181
Published 26 Aug 2016
Region Global
Industry Retail, E-Commerce
After 18 months of attempting to transition the company to holacracy, Tony Hsieh, Zappos’ celebrity CEO, decided it was time to make the change happen. In March 2015, he sent an email to all Zappos employees offering them 3 months’ severance pay if they felt that self-management was not for them.
The case discusses Yahoo!'s marketing services and various types of advertising. The main focus is on search engine advertising, one of the most important revenue sources for Yahoo. The market, Yahoo's pricing strategies and challenges are described.
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Reference 5340
Published 03 Jan 2006
Topic Marketing
Region Global
Industry Internet, E-Commerce
The case discusses Yahoo!'s marketing services and various types of advertising. The main focus is on search engine advertising, one of the most important revenue sources for Yahoo. The market, Yahoo's pricing strategies and challenges are described.
The case discusses how Terra Lycos is reshaping itself during the economic slowdown by diversifying its revenue stream and attempting to start selling products once offered for free. As a portal, Terra Lycos' products were, by nature, mainly information based. Can Terra Lycos succeed in transforming its products from free to pay?
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Reference 5108
Published 01 May 2003
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry E-Commerce
The case discusses how Terra Lycos is reshaping itself during the economic slowdown by diversifying its revenue stream and attempting to start selling products once offered for free. As a portal, Terra Lycos' products were, by nature, mainly information based. Can Terra Lycos succeed in transforming its products from free to pay?
This case recounts the strategy of Terra Lycos, an integrated global media company formed by the October 2000 merger of Spain’s Terra Networks and US-based Lycos, to achieve profitability and a leading market position. At the time the case was written (November 2001), Terra Lycos trailed its three heavyweight contenders, AOL-Time Warner, Yahoo! and Microsoft/MSN.
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Reference 5042
Published 17 Feb 2002
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry E-Commerce
This case recounts the strategy of Terra Lycos, an integrated global media company formed by the October 2000 merger of Spain’s Terra Networks and US-based Lycos, to achieve profitability and a leading market position. At the time the case was written (November 2001), Terra Lycos trailed its three heavyweight contenders, AOL-Time Warner, Yahoo! and Microsoft/MSN.
In April 2000, Yahoo! was sued by a French anti-racist group, on the grounds that Yahoo!'s online auctions of nazi items on its U.S. site violate French law. Yahoo! Inc. finally removed these items from its site in January 2001. The cases and its annexes present the economic, legal, technical, philosophical, cultural and managerial issues.
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Reference 4956
Published 01 Jan 2001
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry E-Commerce
In April 2000, Yahoo! was sued by a French anti-racist group, on the grounds that Yahoo!'s online auctions of nazi items on its U.S. site violate French law. Yahoo! Inc. finally removed these items from its site in January 2001. The cases and its annexes present the economic, legal, technical, philosophical, cultural and managerial issues.
In April 2000, Yahoo! was sued by a French anti-racist group, on the grounds that Yahoo!'s online auctions of nazi items on its U.S. site violate French law. Yahoo! Inc. finally removed these items from its site in January 2001. The cases and its annexes present the economic, legal, technical, philosophical, cultural and managerial issues.
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Reference 4956
Published 01 Jan 2001
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry E-Commerce
In April 2000, Yahoo! was sued by a French anti-racist group, on the grounds that Yahoo!'s online auctions of nazi items on its U.S. site violate French law. Yahoo! Inc. finally removed these items from its site in January 2001. The cases and its annexes present the economic, legal, technical, philosophical, cultural and managerial issues.