Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) and Alibaba Group Holding Limited today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for a staged and comprehensive valuerealization plan for Yahoo!'
We are looking for improved Web and data services in iOS 7 and the realization that its ecosystem can sustain and improve its value despite threats from Google and Amazon.
So it is here in Las Vegas, amid the buzz of Mandarin and Ms. Chen's exhortations about the value of making friends, when the jarring realization sets in: Of all things, of all places, perhaps the future of business looks like an Amway convention.
And they represent a growing realization that sustainable business success will not be found in a business leadership model that espouses shareholder value as the only, or even the preeminent, value.