The Fight Between Alibaba Cloud, AWS and Friedrich Hayek (51)

At Alibaba’s Investor Day, CEO Daniel Zhang outlined 11 growth stratgies. Five were under Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun). These are the early days of cloud and, likely, a new paradigm for computing and connectivity. It's chaotic and unclear. But Alibaba is very well positioned to win big.

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• What is Alibaba’s Best Growth Strategy? (Jeff’s Asia Tech Class – Podcast 50)
• Why Digital Is Disrupting Business, Politics, Culture and Society (Jeff’s Asia Tech Class – Podcast 11)

This is part of Learning Goals: Level 7, with a focus on:

• #30: Ecosystems vs. Platforms

Concepts for this class.

1. Ecosystems vs. Digital Platforms
2. Platform Types: Coordination, Collaboration and Standardization

Companies for this class:

• Alibaba
• Alibaba Cloud

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