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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

Sue Decker, Yahoo’s former president, describes how the deal came about and what Yahoo learned from doing business in China. content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

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Why We Shouldn’t Worry About the Declining Number of Public Companies

Harvard Business Review

All three factors have become more common over time, which we argue stems from firms’ increasing reliance on intangible and knowledge inputs in their business models. Chief finance officers increasingly question the ability of a day trader to value a digital company. retains its leadership in technological progress.

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