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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

Only legal, finance, and human resources still reported back to headquarters. 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. The company subsequently went private in early 2012.