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Alibaba
In just a decade and half Jack Ma, a man who rose from humble beginnings and started his career as an English teacher, founded and built Alibaba into the second largest Internet company in the world. The company’s $25 billion IPO in 2014 was the world’s largest, valuing the company more than Facebook or Coca Cola. Alibaba today runs the e-commerce services that hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers depend on every day, providing employment and income for tens of millions more. A Rockefeller of his age, Jack has become an icon for the country’s booming private sector, and as the face of the new, consumerist China is courted by heads of state and CEOs from around the world. Granted u...
SUMMARY - Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built By Duncan Clark
* Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes. In this summary, you will learn how Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma founded and grew his Internet trading company, Alibaba. You will also learn : that 400 million Chinese are already customers of Alibaba; that there are 300 million middle-class people in the Middle Kingdom; that in ten years, this same middle class will number 500 million people; that Alibaba represents 60% of the parcel activity of the Chinese postal services; that the Chinese political power has been lent the will to limit the hegemonic power of Jack Ma's group; that following the 2008 crisis, the Chi...
The Burning Question
The Burning Question reveals climate change to be the most fascinating scientific, political and social puzzle in history. It shows that carbon emissions are still accelerating upwards, following an exponential curve that goes back centuries. One reason is that saving energy is like squeezing a balloon: reductions in one place lead to increases elsewhere. Another reason is that clean energy sources don't in themselves slow the rate of fossil fuel extraction. Tackling global warming will mean persuading the world to abandon oil, coal and gas reserves worth many trillions of dollars - at least until we have the means to put carbon back in the ground. The burning question is whether that can be done. What mix of politics, psychology, economics and technology might be required? Are the energy companies massively overvalued, and how will carbon-cuts affect the global economy? Will we wake up to the threat in time? And who can do what to make it all happen?
The Rough Guide to Green Living
The Rough Guide to Green Living is a fact-filled, user-friendly guide to living a low-carbon, eco-friendly life. The guide provides hundreds of going green tips on all the key consumer areas - from greener shopping and recycling to producing your own electricity and reducing your carbon footprint. Suitable for everyone interested in making a difference, The Rough Guide to Green Living includes a plethora of simple green choices that anyone can try from green living at home, adopting greener travel habits, and growing your own, to ethical shopping and getting involved in charities or politics. Readable, interesting and sometimes surprising, the Rough Guide will help you get your environmental priorities in order and to separate the facts from the myths. The ultimate guide to all things eco-friendly, low-carbon and energy-saving. In recognition of the carbon footprint of this book, the publishers have made a donation to Sandbag.org
Summary of Duncan Clark's Alibaba
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 On November 11, 2015, in Beijing, the venue for the aquatics events in the Beijing Olympics, a huge digital screen displayed maps, charts, and news crawls reporting in real time the purchases of millions of consumers across China on Alibaba’s websites. #2 In China, November 11 is Singles’ Day, a special annual promotion. From just twenty-seven merchants in 2009, over forty thousand merchants and thirty thousand brands now participate in Singles’ Day. Total sales in 2015 were up 60 percent from the $9 billion of the previous year. #3 Alibaba was successful because it offered consumers in China an unparalleled variety of goods, delivered quickly and reliably. Its finance subsidiary ensured that buying on Alibaba was easy and worry free. #4 Alibaba’s consumer websites, Taobao and Tmall, serve as platforms for other merchants to sell their wares. They charge no fees, but make money from advertising space and promoting those merchants who want to stand out from the crowd.
Africa: Crude Continent
Based on thirty years in the global oil game, intimate knowledge of African history and direct experience of over forty countries, this comprehensive book shows that Africa's flaws are not the whole story, when it comes to the continent's history. A definitive yet original account of the rush for Africa's oil, this is also a guide to the hidden face of Africa. Duncan Clarke begins by placing African oil issues in their historical context before tackling the issues of power, nationalism and different parties' strategies for control that have led to today's oil scene. This book is the ultimate reference work on oil in Africa - which is vital to everyone's future around the world.
The Rough Guide to Ethical Living
Going green without the tree hugging. Climate change, fair trade, ethical investment, organic food, solar planets - modern life is complex for consumers with a conscience. What green and ethical advice is worth following? Which products and companies should we support or avoid? The Rough Guide to Ethical Livingcuts through the greenwash to answer these and many other questions. Low Carbon Living-From electricity to cars - how to reduce your greenhouse emissions at home and on the road. Responsible Shopping-Tea to trainers, fish to furniture, cosmetics to cleaners- the problems and ethical options. The Issues-Do boycotts work? Is buying local better? How fair is fair trade? What about third-world labour? Packed full of information and with tips on doing your own research, The Rough Guide to Ethical Livingis the ultimate handbook for responsible consumers.
African Hats and Jewellery
"Brand new photography featuring specially commissioned colour photographs. The materials and techniques of traditional African printing, decorating and craft production. The mythology and meaning of jewellery, beads, hats, cloths, and masks. The part they play in adornment in ceremonial and every day life in the African sub-continent." - jacket cover.
