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020 _a9780062413406 (hbk.)
082 _a658.84 CLA
100 _aClark, Duncan,
245 _aAlibaba :
_bthe house that Jack Ma built /
_cDuncan Clark
260 _aNew Yark :
_bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
_c2016.
300 _axvi, 287 p. :
_c maps, ill. ;
_b24 cm.
505 _aSummary: 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 Contents: 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?
650 _aAlibaba (Firm).
_aBiography.
_aElectronic commerce--China.
_aInternet marketing--China.
_aInternet auctions--China.
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