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Successful Entrepreneurship In China: The Case Of Jack Ma

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  • Sorin-George I. TOMA

    (Faculty of Business and Administration, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)

Abstract

In the last decades entrepreneurship has received substantial interest from both researchers and practitioners all over the world. The determinants of successful entrepreneurship are diverse and numerous, such as intelligence, innovation, economic context, entrepreneurial policy, education, experience, perseverance, and leadership. Today’s modern China provides many business opportunities, efficient financial markets and legal institutions, and entrepreneurial ecosystems for successful entrepreneurship. The goal of the paper is to present the case of Jack Ma, one of today’s Chinese successful entrepreneurs. The research is based on a case study. The paper demonstrates that Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba, has succeeded in achieving the status of a successful entrepreneur both in China and worldwide.

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  • Sorin-George I. TOMA, 2019. "Successful Entrepreneurship In China: The Case Of Jack Ma," Network Intelligence Studies, Romanian Foundation for Business Intelligence, Editorial Department, issue 14, pages 121-126, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cmj:networ:y:2019:i:14:p:121-126
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    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General

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