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Writings at the intersection of economics, finance, accounting and high tech
Jan 21 min read
Relating Mobile Game Company App Store Revenue Rank To Revenue
© Lawrence W Abrams November 19, 2014 Downloadable .pdf Relation between mobile game revenue and revenue rank is a severe power function,...
Jan 21 min read
Machine Zone (MZ): A $10 Billion Unicorn in the Making
© Lawrence W. Abrams, April 25, 2016 In a year when valuations of so-called Unicorns — startups valued at $1+ Billion — are being marked...
Jan 26 min read
Netmarble Games IPO: A Gross Overvaluation
© Lawrence W. Abrams, April 18, 2017 Downloadable .pdf of this post Netmarble is the ninth largest mobile app game publisher in the world...
Dec 29, 20233 min read
“Flappy Bird” Investing Requires Daily App Store Tracking
© Lawrence W. Abrams, March 24, 2013 Investing in publicly-held mobile gaming companies like KING, ZNGA, GLUU, and a host of other...
Dec 22, 20231 min read
Rite Aid: Worth More Closed than Open
© Lawrence W. Abrams, February 2008 Rite-Aid (RAD) is worth more closed down than as an ongoing concern. The retail prescription drug...
Dec 21, 20231 min read
Price - Sales Ratios of Mobile Gaming Companies 3/2014
In the case of KING vs ZNGA, our analysis supports Jim Cramer's assessment that KING is a better play than ZNGA. But, GLUU bests both as...
Dec 21, 20231 min read
The Bancorp: A Test for Post-Enron GAAP
© Lawrence W. Abrams, September, 2016 Based on details presented below, we believe that The Bancorp is not in compliance with Post-...
Dec 20, 20232 min read
Machine Zone (MZ) and The Perversity of Unicorn Lists - 3/2015
Machine Zone’s exclusion from Unicorn lists like the one published by Fortune Magazine is not only perverse, it is ironic. Unlike other...
Dec 20, 20231 min read
Quantifying the Requirements to Scale A Carpooling Business - 6/2017
Summary Carpooling is now seen as the last big opportunity to grow a shared mobility as a service (MaaS) business ahead of the arrival of...
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