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ALIBABA’S WORLD. Copyright © 2015 by Porter Erisman. All rights reserved. For information, address Palgrave Macmillan Trade, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Erisman, Porter.

Alibaba’s world : how a remarkable Chinese company is changing the face of global business / Porter Erisman.

pages cm

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-250-06987-0 (hardback) — ISBN 978-1-4668-7886-0 (eBook)

1. Alibaba (Firm) 2. Electronic commerce—China. 3. Internet marketing—China. 4. Ma, Yun, 1964– I. Title.

HF5548.325.C6E75 2015

381’.1420951—dc23

2014043669

e-ISBN 9781466879960

First edition: May 2015

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