An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 6, 2014
The previous year the company had generated more than $4 billion in gross merchandise sales through its platform, yielding about $50 million in revenue. Wulf noted that Ma studied Jack Welch’s approach and was inspired by GE’s decentralized decision-making. Alibaba was based in the south, in Hangzhou, and had about 2,400 employees.
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