SGMT 6050 – Mergers and Acquisitions Facebook IPO Facebook‚ a social networking site‚ has grown at an exponential rate that far surpasses market expectation‚ so much so that its growth rate is referred to as the “ Facebook phenomenal”. In 2004‚ Facebook had 1million monthly active users‚ and in comparison‚ it had reached 845million monthly active users in 2011. This phenomenal led to one of the biggest initial public offerings (IPO) the market had seen in recent years‚ with total capital raised
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Facebook was launched in February 2004 by Harvard undergrad students as an alternative to the traditional student directory. Its popularity quickly spread to other colleges in the US by word of mouth‚ and the site now registers close to 15M monthly UVs and over 6B page views per month. Facebook has completed two rounds of venture financing at very high valuations‚ the first at a valuation of ~$100M and the second at ~$550M (valuations are unconfirmed). These valuations were driven by the multiple
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Black letters flash across the screen‚ launching an attack of rumors and insults. A text‚ a Facebook wall post‚ a Tweet – a line or two is all it takes to wound someone’s self-esteem‚ to bring tears‚ to ruin a friendship. With the explosion of modern technology‚ old-school bullying is out and a new type of bullying is taking the stage. But while stuffing someone in a locker is a pretty obvious sign of harassment‚ with no bruises or bloody noses as evidence of abuse‚ cyber-bullying often doesn’t raise
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The effects of Facebook on depression in young adults Australian Catholic University Bachelor of Art and Social work‚ School of Arts and Sciences‚ Australian Catholic Universtity. Abstract This report was conducted to evaluate the links between social media sites such as‚ the effects of Facebook on depression in today’s youth. The Patient Health Questionnaire. 9 and a Diary was the method use to collect data
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Facing the Facebook “Response” I’ve realized technology is very helpful now days but in the classrooms it’s more distracting than anything else. As Michael J. Bugeja stated in “Facing the Facebook”‚ Academics assessing learning outcomes often discover that technology is as much a distraction in the classroom as a tool. I catch myself checking my phone in class every now and then but when I do I miss out on what the instructor is teaching. Technology is a great tool for us to learn and gather information
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towards it that they spend most of their time socializing via facebook. - People meet new people; make new relationships through this network which increases the healthy interactions among them. Against - Individuals connect through facebook to their co-workers or colleagues which helps them to remain up to date. - Facebook is used to advertise products which are relatively new in the market and can be easily purchased through facebook. - It is good way to update people about the recent events
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Topic: Privacy Restrictions of Facebook – Unquestionable or Unachievable Date of Submission: 25th October 2010 It is alarming how fast technology is improving. Nowadays‚ it seems like having a Facebook account is a daily necessity or even a trend. According to a research done by TIMES magazine‚ more than one in four people who browse the Internet not only have a Facebook account but have returned to the site in the past thirty days. It is truly alarming how much Facebook has expanded. “Sometime in
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Facebook‚ Inc: The Initial Public Offering 1. How does Facebook make money? What are the value drivers of its business? What is its comparative advantage relative to other social networking companies? (1) Facebook makes money from the following three main fields First is the advertising. According to the case‚ we know that the major revenue of Facebook is advertising‚ which took up 98 percent in 2009‚ 95 percent in 2010 and 85 percent in 2011. Facebook uses all information uploaded
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Question > Why do people use Facebook and what do they do when they are there? The social networking website fulfill 2 needs 1) Need for belongingness 2) Need for presenting yourself to the world/surroundings Internet based services like Facebook gives some capabilities to the individual to present themselves to the world and share events/photos etc. to the outside world. Initially Facebook started with an idea for interacting students of a common school‚ but now it becomes so large
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FACEBOOK: DIVORCE AND POST Since the advent of social networking‚ a lot of controversies have surfaced regarding its application in matters concerning everyday life. Social media‚ although perceived by users as one of the greatest socio - communicative tools that technology has ever invented‚ still remains a debatable issue. Whilst the majority of users are contented with the therapeutic influence gained from interacting with people of similar causes and ideas ‚irrespective of their race‚ faith
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