...MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM ASSIGNMENT – BMIT5103 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MANAGER Instructor: Dr. PHAM VAN TAI Student Name: NGUYEN MANH HA ID No: 15030 MBAOUM0313 - Class K08A Nguyen.mh.star@gmail.com Case study report for www.facebook.com Page 1 of 27 Preface: My heart is filled with very gratitude to my teachers, my friends who inspire and instruct me how to do research and conduct a case study for www.facebook.com. These studies have revealed the application a social website into any type of businesses, organizations or even individuals. I highly appreciate the efforts of Dr. Pham Van Tai who guided and gave me a chance to do this research. I also would like to express my thanks to all those helped me with very useful information so that I could accomplish this assignment. I hope that my researches would serve as a ready reckoned document for students, research scholars using as a reference source. With very best regards. Nguyen Manh Ha Nguyen.mh.star@gmail.com Case study report for www.facebook.com Page 2 of 27 Table Of Contents. Executive Summary: ...........................................................................................4 CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW OF FACEBOOK .......................................................... 1.1 FACEBOOK INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1.2 SERVICES & PRODUCTS...................................................................
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...Executive Summary Las Vegas Sands Corporation (“LVS”) is arguably the world’s premier casino resort operator. With its operations in Las Vegas, Macau, Pennsylvania, and its new development in Singapore and Europe LVS, is now well-positioned to capture a large slice of what is becoming an increasingly huge pie. They are the biggest company in its industry with a USD market cap of 35.1 billion as of 2011. The casino operator has been a pioneer in opening new markets in Asia, and will continue to aggressively focus on a variety of other development opportunities where it’s needed. However, LVS has faced significant financial challenges since the economic recession began in the fourth quarter of 2008. Among the significant ones is its large amount of long term debt currently at 9.58 billion. Las Vegas Sands Corporation has strategically sold some of their “non-core” assets such as the Venetian retail mall, and its Shoppes at the Palazzo in order to remain compliance with its credit covenants. With this said, there are now in the position to return to profitable operations with its Asian pipeline and its new development project in Europe with the assumption that upon completing these projects it will generate enough revenue to get rid of all their debts. In addition, to their debt issues are the ongoing lawsuits that have brought a threat from government officials questioning how the company conducts its domestic and foreign operations. This is an issue of growing importance especially...
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...WRITING REFERENCES Citi: Oil Could Plunge to $20, and This Might Be 'the End of OPEC' "It looks exceedingly unlikely for OPEC to return to its old way of doing business," Morse wrote. Despite global declines in spending that have driven up oil prices in recent weeks, oil production in the U.S. is still rising, wrote Edward Morse, Citigroup's global head of commodity research. Brazil and Russia are pumping oil at record levels, and Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran have been fighting to maintain their market share by cutting prices to Asia. The market is oversupplied, and storage tanks are topping out. A pullback in production isn't likely until the third quarter, Morse said Vets fight to save hero dog who tried to shield owner from house fire "She's doing OK. Considering what Carmen has been through we think she's doing as well as can be expected," Dr. Daniel Carey, a vet at the hospital, told WCPO. "It's not unexpected that she's not ready to come off (the ventilator). It's just that in our best case scenario (we thought) maybe we could've hoped to get her off (Sunday) afternoon," Carey told WCPO The hospital is also providing updates on Carmen through social media, using Facebook to post pictures of the dog resting on a pink blanket and keeping company with a pair of stuffed animals. Your Resume Is Useless Unless It Answers This 1 Question If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know how keenly we believe there’s no such thing as a generic or one-size-fits-all resume ...
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