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Sep 2018
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How Alibaba Is Leading Digital Innovatio...

Harvard Business Review
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Ming Zeng, the chief strategy officer at Alibaba, talks about how the China-based e-commerce company was able to create the biggest online shopping site in the world. He credits Alibaba’s retail and distribution juggernaut to leveraging automation, algorithms, and networks to better serve customers. And he says in the future, successful digital companies wil ... Show More
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