Alibaba: Largest Etailer on the Globe a Mere 15 Years On

Alicia Micklethwait and Patricia Dimond

Chapter 9 in Driven to the Brink, 2017, pp 181-200 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract You may wonder why we have included Alibaba—one of China’s success stories and, at the time of writing, the largest Internet company in the world in a book about corporate failure. Our intention is not to predispose doom, nor to suggest trouble on the horizon. We think that the story of Alibaba and its main founder, Jack Ma, is fascinating: it is a positive illustration of China’s traditions in practice, and a large and growing force. We believe there is a lot to learn from its highly productive culture and unusual governance structure.

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Initial Public Offering; Foreign Ownership; Large Shareholder; Ethical Culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-59053-4_9

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