Huge companies like Alibaba often don\u2019t have many ways to make shareholders happy when growth is hard to come by. But one sure-fire way is to break the business down into smaller pieces and value each part individually. So if a company has a fast-growing business with good margins under the aegis of a slower-growing segment with low margins, it can \u201cunlock\u201d value by letting the market decide how much the more enticing pieces of the company are worth.<\/p>\n