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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In the media and internet industries, it turns out to be very important when operating in China. 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. Tsai, for example, clearly understood U.S.