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Supplement | HBS Case Collection | February 2016

Alibaba Goes Public (B)

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

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Abstract

Update on Alibaba Group's share price performance and related events in the year following its September 2014 IPO.

Keywords: corporate governance; dual-class share structure; Alibaba; IPOs; VIE; Initial Public Offering; Corporate Governance; United States;

Language: English Format: Print 4 pages Purchase

Citation:

Palepu, Krishna, Suraj Srinivasan, Charles C. Y. Wang, and David Lane. "Alibaba Goes Public (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 116-031, February 2016.

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Krishna G. Palepu
Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration
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Suraj Srinivasan
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Charles C.Y. Wang
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