WHY DO FIRMS GO PUBLIC? Forthcoming in the Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance James C. Brau‚ PhD‚ CFA Professor of Finance Editor‚ Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance July 1‚ 2010 Department of Finance Marriott School Brigham Young University 640 Tanner Building Provo‚ Utah 84602 Phone: 801.318.7919 Fax: 801.422.0741 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1649008 WHY DO FIRMS GO PUBLIC? Six months after he founded Netscape‚ Clark agitated for the company
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Table of Contents Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………………..2 1.0 Situation Analysis 4 1.1 Market Summary 4 1.2 Market Demographics 5 1.3 Market Needs 5 1.4 Market Trends 7 Market Forecast 7 1.5 Market Growth 7 1.6 SWOT Analysis 7 Internal Environment 7 External Environment 8 1.7 Competition 8 1.8 Product & Service offerings 11 1.9 Keys to Success 11 1.10 Critical Issues 11 2.0 Marketing Strategy 12 2.1 Mission 12 2.2 Marketing Objectives 12 2.3 Financial
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Bid strategy What truly distinguishes HA Corporation from our competitors is our commitment to building strong bonds with our loyal consumer base. Throughout the nation‚ and soon the world‚ our customers trust HA to make their lives easier. Everything we do contributes to building unmatched levels of loyalty to our brands through lifelong relationships with our customers. We are committed focusing on innovation; cost productivity‚ product quality and consumer value. We continue to improve our global
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The Rivalry among existing firms: strong The office supply industry has a large number of players with a high diversity of rivals. Competition is very furies between them because the office supply industry is so divers in product and services they provide; they include high volume office supply‚ warehouse clubs‚ online retailers‚ copy and print businesses‚ discount retailers and local and regional contract stationers. The large number of competitors in this industry‚ along with a lack of product
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Intercontinental University Why do firms purchase other corporations? Many firms purchase other companies to make their company larger. The growth of a company is achieved through expansion of purchasing already built companies and expanding their business into empty building. Merging with other companies is sometimes easier since the business is already setup. They can gain good managers and employee as well as formidable contracts that they were not using before. Do firms pay too much for the acquired
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to a firm. The Product Lifecycle is a part of the portfolio analysis‚ in which a firm can analyse the stages in a products life. It is a model used to aid with decision making in a firm‚ and part of the marketing planning process. The shape and length of the lifecycle varies with the different products‚ as each one is unique. The different stages are launch‚ growth‚ maturity‚ saturation and decline. How useful is the Product Lifecycle?. There are several different uses it holds to a firm. Managers
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with how management accounting discipline has been used in the law firm of Messrs Majanja Luseno Advocates‚ where the writer is an Associate Advocate‚ towards achievement of the Firm’s objectives. 2.0 History of the Firm Majanja Luseno Advocates was founded in the year 2008 and is one of the fastest growing law firms in Nairobi with two partners‚ four associate advocates‚ six legal assistants and five support staff. The Firm provides an array of legal services to a wide client base that includes
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engineering‚ construction and technical services firm that offers program management; planning‚ design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure services (URS‚ 2010). With approximately 46‚500 worldwide employees and total global revenues of $9.25 Billion in fiscal year (FY) 2009‚ URS ranks as one of the largest engineering design firms in the world. URS is a publicly traded company
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Group No: 5382 NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY NANYANG BUSINESS SCHOOL AB329 APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: A Study of Family and Non-family Controlled Firms in Singapore U1010347C U1010546K U1010424G Chua Ang Hong Ho Chuan Lui Tee Chin Siang Bryan Supervisor: Associate Professor Ho Kim Wai Applied Research Project submitted to the Nanyang Business School‚ Nanyang Technological University in partial fulfillment for the double degree
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Samuel Huo London‚ England 12/24/35 Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge Firm of Scrooge and Marley 1234 Marleybone lane London‚ England Dear Mr. Scrooge: I have read your ad in the paper and I am interested in a position as an accountant for your counting house. My associates tell me you are a remarkable businessman in need of an accountant and coincidentally I am looking for a job as an accountant. My skills as an accountant were widely praised when I was apprenticed to your former co-worker
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