What are the advantages and disadvantages for a company going public? An initial public offering (IPO) is the first sale of stock by a company. Small companies looking to further the growth of their company often use an IPO as a way to generate the capital needed to expand. Although further expansion is a benefit to the company‚ there are both advantages and disadvantages that arise when a company goes public. There are many advantages for a company going public. As said earlier‚ the financial
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to hitting a target of 40 percent growth during that same time period. One reason Gene One has set such aggressive goals is that it also plans an Initial Public Offering (IPO) at the end of three years to capitalize on market conditions and provide growth capital. However‚ company senior leadership lacks experience in the IPO process and the organization’s structure is not yet sufficient for a public company. Gene One is facing a difficult period of change. The organization must keep its innovative
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Bibliography: 1. H.M. SEERVAI‚ CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF INDIA‚ 3rd edn. Vol. 2 1449 (Sweet & Maxwell Tripathi 1994) 2 5. HALSBURY‚ Vol. II‚ 3rd edn. p. 28 6.SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE‚ COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND: IN FOUR BOOKS‚ Volume 2 136 (Deacon and Peterson 1860) 7. Sir William Blackstone‚ Commentaries on the laws of England: In four books‚ Volume 2 136 (Deacon and Peterson 1860) 8 ----------------------- [1] Anthony Wright Citizens and subjects: an essay on British politics
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Huffman Trucking is a business that is privately held that is considering expansion. The company must choose among three different expansion opportunities. Those options are going public through an IPO‚ acquiring another organization in the same industry‚ merging with another organization. It is important that the right expansion option is chosen for Huffman Trucking‚ but before an option can be chosen the company will have to conduct an investigation of the available options. The investigation will
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TESLA Motors IPO June 2010 By: Brad Taylor Tesla Motors‚ Inc. was formed in 2003 to design and produce affordable EV’s (electric vehicle) and sell into the mainstream market place. The company is in the auto manufacturing industry and the consumer goods sector. To sustain its significant cash flow needs to support its heavy research and development spending and growing infrastructure needs (dealerships)‚ the company completed a public offering in June of 2010 where it sold 13.3 M shares
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Company Analysis and Prognosis: Goldman Sachs Nic Wilson MGMT 498 John Pepper 1 November 2012 Table of Contents Introduction-1 Background-2 Organizational Definition-3 Company Organization and Structure-3 Institutional Client Services-3 Investment Management-4 Investment Banking-4 Investing and Lending-4 Revenue‚ Expense‚ and Net Income-5 Assets-6 Return on Assets and Equity-7 Position in the Industry-8 Stock Market Performance-9 VRIO Analysis-9 SWOT Analysis-10 Strengths-10
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212018465 Name: Chaowei Jiang ID: 211676326 Word count: 1890 Executive Summary This report aims to investigate whether Australia has the short-run IPO underpricing phenomenon in its stock market‚ followed with a research of the initial returns and the 2-year holding period returns of 52 Australian firms as well as relevant reasons why Facebook’s IPO experienced a failure. Numerous sources of data and information have been utilized. Nowadays‚ the underpricing phenomenon is very common in the American
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Synopsis: Google Inc. Google is a global technology leader focused on improving the ways people connect with information. Google maintains an index of websites and other content‚ and makes this information freely available to anyone with an Internet connection. Its automated search technology enables people to obtain nearly instant access to relevant information from its online index. The company’s innovations in web search and advertising have made its web site a top internet destination and
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480 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China In October 2006‚ the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) completed the world ’s largest initial public offering (IPO)‚ listing shares on the Shanghai and the Hong Kong stock exchange‚ raising more than 21 billion dollars (Hill‚ 2011). The ICBC offered this IPO for numerous reasons‚ but foremost was that the ICBC wanted to attract investors with long term perspective; so it targeted foreign investors. Since ICBC already had a presence
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expansion options: Going public through an IPO‚ acquiring or merging with another organization. Going Public through an IPO An Initial Public Offering (IPO) is the first time a company issues stock to the public. According to Bateman and Snell‚ “Initial public stock offerings (IPOs) offer a way to raise capital through federally registered and underwritten sales of shares in the company” (2011‚ pg. 255). There are various advantages to going public. An IPO may raise capital‚ reduce debt‚ improve
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