Akamai's Underwater Options (A, B)

Authors: Hall, Brian J.; Lim, Jonathan P.; Lane, Houston
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2002

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Akamai's stock price declines dramatically with the NASDAQ in 2000, causing virtually all employee options to go underwater. Ownership and retention incentives are largely destroyed, and employee morale falls sharply.

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