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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Coursework Header Sheet198734-147 | | Course | FINA1037: Dissertation (PG:ACC) | Course School/Level | BU/PG | Coursework | Dissertation | Assessment Weight | 100.00% | Tutor | J Mundy | Submission Deadline | 28/09/2012 | Coursework is receipted on the understanding that it is the student ’s own work and that it has not‚ in whole or part‚ been presented elsewhere for assessment. Where material has been used from other sources it has been properly acknowledged in accordance with the
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Master of Business Administration Batch of July 2013 - 15 Semester – I Subject Name Subject Code Subject Credit Economic Analysis for Business Decisions (EABD) MGT 502 2 The primary objective of this course is to develop the abilities of students to apply fundamental principles of economics to a wide range of managerial decisions. The focus of this course will be on understanding the theory and principles of microeconomics for applying the same in the real world issues and to take managerial
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Pierre Chandon‚ Brian Wansink‚ & Gilles Laurent A Benefit Congruency Framework of Sales Promotion Effectiveness Are monetary savings the only explanation for consumer response to a sales promotion? If not‚ how do the different consumer benefits of a sales promotion influence its effectiveness? To address the first question‚ this research builds a framework of the multiple consumer benefits of a sales promotion. Through a series of measurement studies‚ the authors find that monetary and nonmonetary
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Foreign Direct Investment Theory‚ Evidence and Practice Imad A. Moosa 1 Introduction and Overview WHAT IS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT? Foreign direct investment (FDI) is the process whereby residents of one country (the source country) acquire ownership of assets for the purpose of controlling the production‚ distribution and other activities of a firm in another country (the host country).1 The International Monetary Fund ’s Balance of Payments Manual defines FDI as `an investment that is made
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www.jntuworld.com RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & STATISTICAL TOOLS MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (JNTU) A MATERIAL FOR RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICAL TOOLS (According to JNTU Syllabus) Prepared by‚ S. Venkata Siva Kumar; MBA (HR/MRKTG)‚ MSc (Statistics). 1 www.jntuworld.com RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & STATISTICAL TOOLS UNIT-1 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: An Introduction Meaning of Research: Research in common parlance refers to a search for knowledge. Once can also define
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ERD WORKING PAPER SERIES NO. 25 ECONOMICS AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT Revisiting Growth and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia: What Do Subnational Data Show? Arsenio M. Balisacan Ernesto M. Pernia Abuzar Asra October 2002 Asian Development Bank ERD Working Paper No. 25 REVISITING GROWTH AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN INDONESIA: WHAT DO SUBNATIONAL DATA SHOW? Arsenio M. Balisacan Ernesto M. Pernia Abuzar Asra October 2002 Arsenio M. Balisacan is Professor of Economics at the
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PART TWO Solutions to Empirical Exercises Chapter 3 Review of Statistics Solutions to Empirical Exercises 1. (a) Average Hourly Earnings‚ Nominal $’s Mean AHE1992 AHE2004 AHE2004 − AHE1992 (b) Average Hourly Earnings‚ Real $2004 Mean AHE1992 AHE2004 AHE2004 − AHE1992 15.66 16.77 Difference 1.11 SE(Mean) 0.086 0.098 SE(Difference) 0.130 95% Confidence Interval 15.49−15.82 16.58−16.96 95% Confidence Interval 0.85−1.37 11.63 16.77 Difference 5.14 SE(Mean) 0.064 0.098 SE(Difference) 0.117 95%
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The University of Chicago The Booth School of Business of the University of Chicago The University of Chicago Law School Vertical Integration‚ Appropriable Rents‚ and the Competitive Contracting Process Author(s): Benjamin Klein‚ Robert G. Crawford‚ Armen A. Alchian Source: Journal of Law and Economics‚ Vol. 21‚ No. 2 (Oct.‚ 1978)‚ pp. 297-326 Published by: The University of Chicago Press for The Booth School of Business of the University of Chicago and The University of Chicago Law School
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The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras Mary J. Benner Mary Tripsas Working Paper 11-007 Copyright © 2010 by Mary J. Benner and Mary Tripsas Working papers are in draft form. This working paper is distributed for purposes of comment and discussion only. It may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder. Copies of working papers are available from the author. The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation
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