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- The Flip Side: China Outsourcing to the U.S.
- Outsourcing to China has been the rage for more than 20 years, but how about the flip side? China is quietly outsourcing to -- and seeking investments in -- the United States. There is clear evidence of this going on, despite the political controversy in 2005 when...
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
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- Executive Stock Options And IPO Underpricing
- In about one-third of US IPOs between 1996 and 2000, executives received stock options with an exercise price set equal to the IPO Initial Public Offerings offer price rather than a price determined by the market. Among firms with such "IPO options", 58 percent of top executives receive a net...
- White papers 2006-07-31
- Arid Venture IPO Market Likely to Drag On
- The 2008 desert known as venture-backed initial public offerings was devoid of oases in the fourth quarter. And for the entire year there were just six such IPO exits, according to a year-end report from the National Venture Capital Association NVCA and Thomson Reuters. This was the fewest annual venture-backed...
- News items 2009-08-07
- KKR's Dollar General Files For $750 Million IPO
- By Megan Davies and Phil Wahba NEW YORK (Reuters) - Discount retailer Dollar General Corp, backed by powerful private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co KKR, filed for an initial public offering of up to $750 million on Thursday, according to a regulatory filing. It could be one of...
- News items 2009-08-20
- IPO "Crisis" Crushes Small Caps, Grant Thornton Contends
- The market for initial public offerings — particularly among small-caps — is mired in a crisis, Grant Thornton capital-markets consultants contend. The debacle has been caused largely by wrong-footed regulatory and technological moves, rather than the downturn in the economy, they say. "Over the last several years, the IPO market...
- News items 2009-10-07
- Shanda's Gaming Spinoff IPO to Open Tomorrow Morning; Expected Raise $1 Billion
- Shanda (NSDQ: SNDA) Games, the online gaming spinoff from the big Chinese portal company, is teaching something to the U.S. companies: it is slated to debut its IPO tomorrow morning on Nasdaq, and expected to raise just over $1 billion in it. This will make it the biggest ...
- External links 2009-09-25
- Kraft Foods IPO sends no signal.
- While milestones are always interesting, and the media are as guilty as anyone of hyping such occasions, the initial public offering of Kraft Foods Inc. KFT last week shouldn't be interpreted as any kind of sign that the deflated IPO market is su While...
- Research articles 2001-06-18
- Starwood IPO Benefits Underwriters While Investors Take Losses
- Zachary Scheidt submits: It’s heralded as the largest IPO likely to hit the markets this year. And so far the only people impressed are the Underwriters. Starwood Property Trust STWD debuted last week at an official offering price of $20.00 per share. The offering is...
- External links 2009-08-19
- Shanda Spining Off Gaming Unit in IPO on Nasdaq; $800 Million Expected
- Shanda Interactive Entertainment (NSDQ: SNDA) , the Chinese digital entertainment company, is following the footsteps of its rival company Sohu (NSDQ: SOHU), and is planning to spin off its gaming unit for an IPO on Nasdaq, the company announced today. The IPO is expected to raise as much as...
- External links 2009-09-04
- Currying Favor To Win IPO Mandates
- This paper uses a sample of U.S. IPOs Initial Public Offering to investigate whether a bank can win IPO mandates by issuing flattering analyst recommendations to IPOs. It was found that security analysts increase their bank's chance of co-managing an IPO when they have issued generous recommendations to IPOs managed...
- White papers 2006-03-01
- Information Disclosure And Adverse Selection Explanations For IPO Underpricing
- Underpricing in IPOs Initial Public Offering is a significant cost of raising capital that theories purport arises from adverse selection at the IPO date. Disclosure is a tool firms can use to ameliorate adverse selection. This paper shows that greater disclosure frequency in the pre-IPO period is associated with lower...
- White papers 2005-10-01
- The Impact Of Fundamentals And Signaling On IPO Valuation
- Valuation of Initial Public Offerings, IPOs, occupies an important place in finance perhaps because an IPO provides public capital market participants their first opportunity to value a set of corporate assets. Valuation of IPOs is also quite relevant from an economic efficiency perspective: this is the first opportunity that managers...
- White papers 2005-07-01
- The Virtual IPO is Here!
- LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 14, 1998--Virtual Wall Street is pleased to announce the creation of the Virtual IPO. The Virtual IPO is designed to allow business to conduct their own public offering while avoiding high underwriting fees and non-accountable expense allowances charged by investment bankers. Companies can now raise money...
- Research articles 1998-10-14
- DigitalGlobe IPO: How Will it Affect GeoEye?
- Chris Fernandez submits: Thursday will mark an important day, not only for the IPO market, but more so for the company that is riding the recent deal pipeline to come public at a time when having access to the public markets is critical. DigitalGlobe DGI, one of only 2...
- External links 2009-05-14
- SolarWinds IPO Enjoys a Warm Investor Welcome
- Abbi Adest submits: SolarWinds SWI, an Austin-based provider of network management software, went public today and received a warm welcome from investors . After initially pricing at $12.50, the stock hovered around $14 at midday. Along with other successful IPO predecessors such as DigitalGlobe DGI and Rosetta Stone RST, today's...
- External links 2009-05-20
- LogMeIn IPO: Where Will the Money Go?
- Zachary Scheidt submits: As markets trade higher to start off the week, underwriters for the new LogMeIn IPO are likely drumming up interest in the latest offering to hit Wall Street. The IPO market has been relatively slow over the past year as the bear market has...
- External links 2009-06-30
- Dole Foods: Ripe for a Successful IPO?
- The IPO market goes bananas! One of the most recognized food brands in the world with roots dating back over 150 years, Dole Food DOLE markets and distributes nearly 200 fruit and vegetable products in 90 countries. The company is looking to strengthen its balance sheet with a...
- External links 2009-10-20
- Taming the IPO-Potamus: Part I - Reining in the Risks of Initial Public Offerings
- A public offering shines a continual spotlight on a company. The price of access to new sources of capital is increased visibility. The media buzz that typically accompanies such offerings, the specter of a hostile takeover, the disclosure of executive compensation and heightened governmental oversight are all realities for the...
- White papers 2005-07-11
- Do Investors Learn From Personal Experience?: Evidence From IPO Subscriptions
- The authors have used data on all retail investors participating in all IPOs Initial Public Offering in a market to study the impact of past experience on future actions. A very strong link is found between personal experience with IPOs and future subscriptions. The returns actually experienced by an investor...
- White papers 2007-04-05
- The IPO Derby: Are There Consistent Losers And Winners On This Track?
- Studies have documented that various factors such as discretionary accounting accruals, underwriter reputation, venture capital backing, and firm size will affect the long-run performance of IPOs Initial Public Offerings. However, it is not clear whether the return predictability of these attributes are the manifestation of one phenomenon, or independent results....
- White papers 2003-01-14
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