Additionally, analysts were concerned that the company’s innovative capabilities, which were key to the company’s early success and traditionally part of its culture, had eroded to the extent that some eBay employees were referring to the company as the “IBM of Silicon Valley” – an uncomplimentary reference to the bureaucracy which now permeated the company.
Zaidi ya hayo, wachambuzi walikuwa na wasiwasi kwamba kampuni ya uwezo ubunifu, ambayo yalikuwa msingi wa kampuni hiyo mafanikio mapema na kijadi ni sehemu ya utamaduni wake, alikuwa eroded kwa kiasi kwamba baadhi ya wafanyakazi eBay walikuwa akimaanisha kampuni kama “”IBM wa Silicon Valley”” – kumbukumbu uncomplimentary kwa urasimu ambayo sasa kupenywe kampuni.