Social network markets appear to be very interesting to the eyes of the business world. This is due to the fast growth of the number of users. The paper investigates this market and the competition among the main companies. It studies also the behavior of consumers, when using social network and the business model that stays behind these activities. At the end, it reports some financial data that will help to understand the fundamentals of the market value of companies involved in this recent business.
I social network sembrano un fenomeno molto interessante ed in rapida crescita. Questo articolo cerca di studiare il mercato dei social network e i principali concorrenti che oggi vi operano. Si analizza anche il comportamento deo consumatori ed i modelli di business su cui queste attività sono basate. Alla fine sono presentati alcuni risultati economici e si cerca di fare qualche riflessione sulla (ir)ragionevolezza di certe stime dei valori di mercato di queste società.
Facebook e la concorrenza nei mercati dei social network, 2011.
Facebook e la concorrenza nei mercati dei social network
Barbarito, Luca
2011-01-01
Abstract
Social network markets appear to be very interesting to the eyes of the business world. This is due to the fast growth of the number of users. The paper investigates this market and the competition among the main companies. It studies also the behavior of consumers, when using social network and the business model that stays behind these activities. At the end, it reports some financial data that will help to understand the fundamentals of the market value of companies involved in this recent business.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.