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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

A 2010 Harvard Business School case by Julie M. Wulf noted that Ma studied Jack Welch’s approach and was inspired by GE’s decentralized decision-making. billion — the world’s biggest internet offering since Google’s IPO in 2004. capital markets in what is estimated to be one of the largest IPOs ever.

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How Chinese Companies Can Develop Global Brands

Harvard Business Review

Also, while China’s outward-bound foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown from an annual average of below $3 billion before 2005 to more than $60 billion in 2010 and 2011, only one third of Chinese companies have seen international revenue meet expectations, according to Accenture. That may say more about the xenophobia of U.S.

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