The valuations of exchange listed social media companies have for long defied established corporate finance metrics and (in many instances) common sense. Besides highlighting theoretical and practical challenges related to valuing social media companies, this paper revisits the valuation metrics...

Social media are becoming a vital element of intense Intellectual Capital (IC) growth. Their ultimate shape is being determined by dynamic technical innovation (involving hybrid products and services), merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among product and service innovators, as well as user...

Social media organizations have increasingly tapped public stock markets, yet – despite their undisputed public appeal and improving economics – the success of several high-profile IPOs has been rather lackluster. This paper revisits the going-public strategies of leading international...

Among diverse social media uses covered by researchers one has thus far captured surprisingly scant attention: social media as an investment class per se. Despite the fluctuating fortunes of numerous social media initial public offerings (IPOs) and their aftermarket trading, social media stocks...