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The Secret to Alibaba’s Culture Is Jack Ma’s Apartment

Harvard Business Review

Today, Alibaba looks more like a conglomerate than a typical tech company, with a diverse set of businesses operating largely independently. Jack Ma’s First Day Speech in Alibaba Apartment from Taluswood Films on Vimeo. “Alibaba was started in Hupan Garden. Of course, this only works for skunkworks projects.

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How to Pull Your Company Out of a Tailspin

Harvard Business Review

Think of Kodak, which in the 1990s was the apparently unassailable leader in its market, with 80% market share in its core film business. When Knudstorp took over as CEO in 2004, he quickly settled on a course of action: return the company to its core. By 1993 the company had $1.3 billion in revenue. The company was in free fall.