Alibaba : the house that Jack Ma built / Duncan Clark.
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TextPublisher: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Edition: First editionDescription: xvi, 287 pages : maps, illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062413406 (hardcover)
- 0062413406 (hardcover)
- 9780062562555
- 006256255X
- HF5548.325.C6 C48 2016
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | HF5548.325.C6 C48 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C.2 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30020000080520 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-287).
The iron triangle -- Jack magic -- From student to teacher -- Hope and coming to America -- China is coming on -- Bubble and birth -- Backers : Goldman and SoftBank -- Burst and back to China -- Born again : Taobao and the humiliation of eBay -- Yahoo's billion-dollar bet -- Growing pains -- Icon or Icarus?
Traces the founding of Alibaba, the world's second largest Internet company, by an English teacher from humble origins, drawing on exclusive interviews to explore how the company and Jack Ma have become icons and leading employers in China's booming private sector.
