The Case Of Zhaopin: Retain, Promote Or Fire?

Key lessons:

• Even with a special situation or potential catalyst, make sure the fundamentals of the business are strong – protect your downside.
• Don’t judge a business before making your homework.
• Make sure you apply the right models to the right type of business.

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Behind every investment, there’s an interesting story. Here’s the story of Zhaopin.

Towards the end of my MBA in 2016, I was at Columbia Business School in New York and started exchanging a few emails with a young alumnae based in Hong Kong, named Jay Ju. Jay...