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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

With the ad market under $70 million, many of our local competitors were rapidly experimenting with new types of revenue and business models and were far ahead of us. By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.