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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

Zhou departed in 2005 and went on to found Qihoo 360 Technology, a $12 billion company that now trades on NASDAQ. Wulf noted that Ma studied Jack Welch’s approach and was inspired by GE’s decentralized decision-making. At the end of 2006, eBay pulled out of the market. Not surprisingly, this didn’t sit well with the local team.

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Marketing Success | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Lastly, don’t decentralize marketing…consistent messaging across markets, mediums and constituencies is critical. Marketing is not a part-time endeavor, and if you don’t have a qualified C-level marketing executive leading the charge, don’t just trust things to the most vocal staff member.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more. Luckily, this single contract was pivotal in helping HarQen reposition themselves from a technology-driven voice response company, to a market-driven recruiting systems one.