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020 $a9780062413413 (pbk.) :$cNT$560
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100 1 $aClark, Duncan,$eauthor.
245 10$aAlibaba :$bthe house that Jack Ma built /$cDuncan Clark.
250 $aFirst Ecco paperback edition.
260 $aNew York :$bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,$c2018.
300 $axv, 287 p. :$bmaps, ill. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aOriginally published: 2016.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [267]-287).
520 $aIn just a decade and half Jack Ma, a man who rose from humble beginnings and started his career as an English teacher, founded and built Alibaba into the second largest Internet company in the world. The company’s $25 billion IPO in 2014 was the world’s largest, valuing the company more than Facebook or Coca Cola. Alibaba today runs the e- commerce services that hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers depend on every day, providing employment and income for tensof millions more. A Rockefeller of his age, Jack has become an icon for the country’s booming private sector, and as the face of the new, consumerist China is courted by heads of state and CEOs from around the world. Granted unprecedentedaccess to a wealth of new material including exclusive interviews, Clark draws on his own first-hand experience of key figures integral to Alibaba’s rise to create an authoritative, compelling narrative account of how Alibaba and its charismatic creator have transformed the way that Chinese exercise their new found economic freedom, inspiring entrepreneurs around the world and infuriating others, turning the tables on the Silicon Valley giants who have tried to stand in his way. Duncan explores vital questions about the company’s past, present , and future: How, from such unremarkable origins, did Jack Ma build Alibaba? What explains his relentless drive and his ability to outsmart his competitors? With over 80% of China’s e-commerce market, how long can the company hope to maintain its dominance? As the company sets its sights on the country’s financial and media markets, are there limits to Alibaba’s ambitions, or will the Chinese government act to curtail them? And as it set up shop from LA and San Francisco to Seattle, how will Alibaba grow its presence and investments in the US and other international markets?.
600 10$aMa, Yun,$d1964-.
650 0$aElectronic commerce$zChina.
650 0$aInternet marketing$zChina.
650 0$aInternet auctions$zChina.