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Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | November 2015

Alibaba Goes Public (A)

by Krishna Palepu, Suraj Srinivasan and Charles C.Y. Wang

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Palepu, Krishna, Suraj Srinivasan, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Alibaba Goes Public (A)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 116-034, November 2015.

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Krishna G. Palepu
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Suraj Srinivasan
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Charles C.Y. Wang
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