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Alibaba Duncan Clark

Alibaba By Duncan Clark

Alibaba by Duncan Clark


$21.49
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Alibaba Summary

Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built by Duncan Clark

An engrossing, insider's account of how a teacher built one of the world's most valuable companies-rivaling Walmart & Amazon-and forever reshaped the global economy. In just a decade and half Jack Ma, a man from modest beginnings who started out as an English teacher, founded and built Alibaba into one of the world's largest companies, an e-commerce empire on which hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers depend. Alibaba's $25 billion IPO in 2014 was the largest global IPO ever. A Rockefeller of his age who is courted by CEOs and Presidents around the world, Jack is an icon for China's booming private sector and the gatekeeper to hundreds of millions of middle class consumers. Duncan Clark first met Jack in 1999 in the small apartment where Jack founded Alibaba. Granted unprecedented access to a wealth of new material including exclusive interviews, Clark draws on his own experience as an early advisor to Alibaba and two decades in China chronicling the Internet's impact on the country to create an authoritative, compelling narrative account of Alibaba's rise. How did Jack overcome his humble origins and early failures to achieve massive success with Alibaba? How did he outsmart rival entrepreneurs from China and Silicon Valley? Can Alibaba maintain its 80% market share? As it forges ahead into finance and entertainment, are there limits to Alibaba's ambitions? How does the Chinese government view its rise? Will Alibaba expand further overseas, including in the U.S.? Clark tells Alibaba's tale in the context of China's momentous economic and social changes, illuminating an unlikely corporate titan as never before.

Alibaba Reviews

Anybody who thinks the Chinese just copy or steal technology from the West should read this book and think again. Jack Ma is part Bill Gates, part Steve Jobs, part Larry Page, part Sergei Brin, and part Mark Zuckerberg all rolled into one. -- Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP Useful, business-minded reporting on an unconventional corporate magnate, containing both corporate and human-interest perspectives. -- Kirkus This absorbing and well-written portrayal of Ma's character, and his role in Alibaba's development will appeal to a wide range of readers. -- Library Journal A clean and compelling narrative...[Clark] tells the story with flair. -- Wall Street Journal A fascinating new book. -- The Economist A must-read for anyone hoping to navigate China's new economy. -- Financial Times

About Duncan Clark

Duncan Clark, a former Morgan Stanley investment banker and fluent Mandarin speaker, has lived and worked in China for more than twenty years. He heads a team of more than one hundred at BDA China, the investment advisory firm he founded in Beijing in 1994. An expert on China's Internet sector, Clark is a former visiting scholar at Stanford University, where he welcomed Jack Ma on stage as a keynote speaker, along with the leaders of other leading China Internet firms including Baidu, Sina, and Tencent.

Additional information

GOR007754934
9780062413406
0062413406
Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built by Duncan Clark
Used - Very Good
Hardback
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
20160505
304
Short-listed for Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2016
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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