Considering an IPO? The costs of going and being public may surprise you September 2012 A publication from PwC’s Deals practice Table of contents The heart of the matter 1 Embarking upon the IPO process requires insight into the costs An in-depth discussion 4 The initial public offering Cost of going public Cost of being public 5 12 What this means for your business 27 Assess the readiness of your organization for an IPO to appropriately stage the costs incurred
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therefore Baidu must spend significant energy and resources on user education. 2. Traffic Acquisition a. Baidu has been able to acquire traffic for remarkably little between 2004 and 2007. However‚ if current trends continue‚ they will soon lose their advantage in total user acquisition (TOC). 3. R&D a. Familiarity with the Chinese market and Chinese culture‚ along with a search platform based on 2-byte technology‚ gives Baidu a significant competitive advantage. B A I D U |7 BAIDU 4. Marketing
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Management Accounting Research Paper – IPOS - SOFT The chosen technology is the Enterprise Resource System (ERP) IPOS. IPOS is a system that was created and has been developed for use mostly in civil-engineering companies. It is also software developer by a Czech company that is mostly used in the Czech Republic‚ but also in Slovakia. It is one of the best software programs in this industry and is widely used by small companies as well as by large companies foreign origin such as COLAS CZ‚ a.s
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management decided to embark in a second IPO process. Netflix’s management decided to pursue a public offering given the need to raise additional capital in order to sustain and grow the business. However‚ there are some internal and external factors that can affect a company’s decision to pursue a public offering: • The main internal factor is the funding concern‚ in order to sustain and grow the business‚ a company has different alternatives of funding; an IPO allows a company to raise equity‚ which
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Advantages / Disadvantages of the IPO Decision There are considerable advantages with obtaining equity through the IPO process. There are‚ however‚ some drawbacks that also need to be taken into consideration. Some of the advantages and disadvantages are: Advantages | Disadvantages | * Equity value is established for the firm * Current shareholders can diversify personal portfolios | * SEC requires public disclosure of financial information (transparency) * IPO expenses | * Liquidity
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alternatives include issuing sort term bonds‚ forming a joint venture‚ and completing an IPO. Considering the pros and cons of each option while heeding the concerns and preferences of the Prada family‚ GCP recommends the board pursue an IPO. Outlined in this memo the board will read the rationale behind pursuing the IPO as well as information on alternative options. Luxury Goods – Market Outlook To become an attractive IPO option for investors Prada needs to demonstrate it has the correct market position
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The Blackstone IPO 1. If you were a fund LP how would you view the structure Blackstone has put in place to go public? IPO offered Blackstone certain advantages: - Access to the capital markets‚ as a new source of funds. - Blackstone could also use its own stock for the acquisitions. - It changed compensation structure and provided more incentives to junior management and help to keep top employees motivated long-term. Blackstone decided to adopt the MLP
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Top of Form Netscape IPO Introduction The case analyzes the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Netscape Communications Inc.‚ in order to recommend a justifiable share price for the IPO. Founded in April 1994‚ Netscape Communications Corporation provided a comprehensive line of client‚ server and integrated applications software for communications and commerce on the Internet and private Internet Protocol networks. The primary revenue generator for Netscape at the time IPO was it ’s Internet Browser
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integrated into our modern culture and society during that time. In 1995‚ Netscape‚ an early leader and innovator in the Internet and WWW software and web browser market‚ had been going through the initial public offering (IPO) process. Specifically‚ on August 8‚ 1995‚ Netscape ’s lead IPO underwriters recommended to the Netscape board to increase the initial offering price to $28 per share from $14 per share‚ a 100% increase. At this new offering price‚ the firm ’s value would be $1 billion‚ raising
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Shelley Rushing SeaWorld IPO Week 5 SeaWorld Entertainment Inc.‚ was wholly owned by the Blackstone Group L.P.‚ before SeaWorld went public. SeaWorld owns eleven theme parks in the United States and attracts about 24 million visitors (market watch). As noted above they are in the theme park industry just like Disney and Six Flags with a proven business model and plenty of room for growth. It offers strong consumer value proposition and caters to a broad range of guest from all over the world
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