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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"initial public offering"”.
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Investor sentiment in the foeign exchange and initial public offering markets
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1998.
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Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors' Involvement in Firms Post Initial Public Offering
… firms to the stock market in the form of initial public offerings (IPOs). However, in practice PE and VC investors do not always exit fully at the IPO date (Celikyurt et al, 2014; Krishnan et al, 2011; Cao, 2011). They tend to maintain a block ownership in some IPOs, which allows them to …
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Resource Deployment Strategies Following Initial Public Offering: Connecting Resource -Based, Upper Echelons, and Agency Perspectives
This dissertation has posed two research questions: why do firms differ in resource deployment strategies and what are the performance outcomes of different resource deployment strategies? Using a longitudinal (1990--1998) data set of high-tech, entrepreneurial firms in the medical and surgical …
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The paradox of prosperity in China: the interplay among entrepreneurs, government, and venture capitalists at initial public offering
… event in a life of a new venture, the initial public offering. Each essay investigates the mechanisms through which three key players, namely founders, government, and venture capitalists, influence governance structure and value creation in an emerging market. I have collected data on …
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Evidence of Entrepreneurial Resources: Firm Founder Effects on the Performance, Governance, and Product Level of the Firm at Initial Public Offering
… variety of firm types presenting themselves for initial public offering in the U.S.; (2) research to date on IPO's in both the Finance and organizational literature has not adequately addressed this variance; (3) founders are involved in the top management of firms at IPO in various roles …
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Pirminio viešo akcijų siūlymo įtakos įmonės finansiniams rezultatams analizė Baltijos šalyse /
… of the master's thesis is to investigate how the initial public offering of shares, carried out by companies operating in the Baltic States, affects the company's financial indicators. The work consists of three main parts: literature analysis, methodology of the conducted research and research …
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The First Sign: Detecting Future Financial Fraud from the IPO Prospectus
… the lexical cues embedded within a firm’s first public disclosure, the Management’s Discussion and Analysis section of the S-1 filing, during the Initial Public Offering process. I use this measure to predict whether a firm that is not already committing fraud will commit fraud within five years …
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THE INFLUENCE OF CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL ON INNOVATION: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA
… those listed startups after four years of their Initial Public Offering. However, CVC investments have no significant influence on the number of invention patent applications and patent grants. This result indicates that the influence of CVC investments on the innovation level of startups is …
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Heterogeneity in Institutional Context and Its Impact on Initial Public Offerings and Corporate Social Responsibility
… corporate social responsibility, gender, and initial public offering literatures. In the two chapters that make up this dissertation, I theorize and empirically show that the institutional context varies not only between countries or groups of countries, but also domestically; and this …
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The role of investment banker reputation in initial public offerings : evidence from the NASDAQ bubble era
The certification role of investment banks in the initial public offering (IPO) market has been well documented. Extant literature reports a negative relationship between the prestige of the investment banker and both the first-day price run-up (Carter and Manaster (1990) and long run performance …
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Essays on Determinants of IPO Liquidity and Price Adjustments to Persistent Information in Option Markets
I examine the determinants of cross-sectional liquidity in the IPO aftermarket during the period of 1995 through 2005. I find that past price performance, the extent of stock visibility, the mass of informed agents, and certain IPO attributes play a role in explaining IPO trading activity. My …
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The skewness preference of investors in initial public offerings in the long run: A theoretical and empirical test of Asset Pricing Models
The underperformance of initial public offerings (IPOs) in the long run has been widely documented. Using a sample of 2537 IPOs from the 1980-1999 period, this research explores the importance of skewness as an explanation the underperformance phenomenon. The results shoe that both the event time …
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Peer Accounting Information and the Use of Peer-based Multiples for IPO Valuation
Initial public offerings (IPOs) are primarily valued using the comparable firms approach, whereby underwriters rely heavily on multiples based on the accounting information of peer firms. Effective use of the comparable firms approach depends significantly on the underwriter's ability to estimate …
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The timing of initial public offerings and the role of investment banks
… comprises an investigation of the timing of initial public offerings (IPOs) and the role therein, of investment banks, in taking firms public. Most prior studies of IPOs and seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) investigate timing with respect to firm-specific or economy-wide conditions. Also, the …
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Founders' Credentials and Performance of Startups
… for startups, such as strategic alliances and initial public offering, which ensure startups’ growth and survival. Further, I also investigate the contingent effects of these credentials of startup founders on the degree of uncertainty that prevails for potential alliances partners and …
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Friends in high places : two essays on the importance of corporate political connections
… political connections of private firms and the initial public offering process. Using registration statement information, we create a unique database of politically connected IPO firms. We find that political connections are substitutes to high-quality underwriters and big four auditors. …
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Essays in corporate finance
… analyze how institutional investors choose which Initial Public Offering to invest. Using a sample of IPOs from 1980 to 2004, I show that the reputation of the lead underwriter is the most significant variable in this decision process. Using Carter-Manaster rankings of underwriter reputation, I …
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Estudio de Caso: SNAP INC. Análisis del timing en el lanzamiento de su Oferta Pública Inicial
… del mercado financiero en materia de Initial Public Offerings, otra frase que podría empezar a mencionarse sería “¿Las redes sociales han cambiado la forma en que los inversores perciben el valor de las compañías?” Partiendo de lo antedicho e imaginando la posible reacción de un …
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IPO valuation and performance: evidence from the UK main market
Selling stock to the general public is one important method by which firms are able to raise new equity capital. If the firm sells stock for the first time to the general public, it is called an initial public offering (IPO). Subsequent to the IPO, firms may seek to raise further equity capital by …
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