Dot Com Companies Then and Now: How Are They Different?

Dot-com companies then and now. How are they different and are we experiencing a new dot-com bubble?

Degree : Management with International Business
22 March 2012

Supervisor: Dr John Ahwere-Bafo

Candidate number: 100633010
Word count: 9176

Statement of authorship: This dissertation is the sole work of candidate

I agree that an anonymised copy of this work may be used by future students in the School of Management as an illustration of good work.

Contents:

Abstract…………………………………………………………………….……………….………………..4
Acknowledgements……………………………………………………..…………..……………….6
1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………..…………………..7
2. Literature review…………………………………………………………………………………..12
2.1 Emergence of Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) and the development of network communication………………………………………………….12
2.2 What caused the bubble?.......................................................14
2.3 Valuating companies’ shares and behavioural finance………..……………17
2.4 Venture capitals…………………………………………………………………….………….21
3. Methods………………………………………………………………………………………………24
3.1 Methods of data collection……………………………………………………………….28
4. Results………………………………………………………………………………………………..31
4.1 Presentation of results from qualitative research……………………………31
4.2 Presentation of quantitative data…………………………………………………….34
5. Discussion…………………………………………………………………………………………..42
6. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………..50
Appendices……………………………………………………………………………………………..54
Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………………68

Abstract
This paper aims at answering whether there is a new dot com bubble emerging, similar to the one experienced after the introduction of the Internet to the mass public. Technological companies being a centerpiece in our present life are awarded with a load of attention by different kind of media. If a new internet bubble is emerging this would be an opportunity for people to create wealth but in the meantime would affect badly the stock markets after

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