Banco Compartamos Case Study Social innovation and enterprise is one way of eradicating poverty and illiteracy in society. The model that an enterprise takes determines their social impact in the long run. While some organizations maintain their social values over time‚ others abandon or diminish those values and venture into more financially profitable activities (Yunus 205). The paper addresses how the micro-finance business model used by Compartamos Bank compares with the village bank model
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Recent trends in the primary market – Explained! by Saritha Pujari Business Average annual capital mobilisation from the primary market‚ which used to be about Rs. 70 crore in the 1960s and about Rs. 90 crore in the 1970s‚ increased manifold during the 1980s‚ with the amount raised in 1990-91 being Rs. 4‚312 crore. It received a further boost during the 1990s with the capital raised by non-government public companies. There is a preference for raising resources in the primary market through
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Under Armour (UA) is an American sports apparel manufacturer. A former University of Maryland football player‚ Kevin Plank‚ started with a simple plan to develop an exclusive T-shirt. This style of T-shirt was to help keep perspiration off your skin rather than absorb it. A T-shirt that functioned alongside your body to control ones temperature and enhance performance. Under Armour was founded in 1996 and went public on November 17‚ 2005. Their mission is to “Make all athletes better through passion
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Finance IPO Paper Spirit Airlines This paper will be about an IPO that was filed by Spirit Airlines for $300 million dollars in September of 2010. According to www.marketwatch.com‚ Spirit Airlines is the first airline to go public in 3 years. The last airline to go public before Spirit was Gulfstream International group in December 2007. Spirit plans to use half or 150 million for cash reserves ‚ working capital‚ and other corporate purposes. The other 150 million of the IPO will
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Capitalists: Venture capitalists provide capital for companies in their early stages of development. Their role is to nurture the companies until they reached a point where they were ready to face the scrutiny of the public capital markets after an IPO. Investment Bank underwriters: help start-ups or young entrepreneurs to “go public”. Their role is to plan and organise IPO’s. Sell-side analysts: Their role is to collect information on public companies and then publish this information together
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of cash obtains across a variety of firm characteristics‚ including firm size‚ the investment opportunity set‚ financial constraints‚ and the volatility of cash flow. The general increase in the value of cash can be partially explained by firms that IPO in the 1990s and the 2000s. However‚ for the 1990s‚ the increase in the value of cash is predominantly determined by a firm’s investment opportunity set and the volatility of its cash flow. For the 2000s‚ the increase in the value of cash is largely
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A top-down approach to stock valuation for Google Stock Section 1: Investment summary I would recommend the buying of Google stock. The company’s current strategy would probably increase their chances of gaining strategic alliances‚ and make them a more attractive partner. As other companies see that Google is no longer going head on with partners‚ they may be more willing to cooperate with Google as well. Especially in developing markets‚ such strategic partners can offer Google a huge advantage
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Eskimo Pie Corporation Eskimo Pie: IPO Vs. Buyout 1991 Student Report Prepared on 03/29/2015‚ by: Parker Scott – u0866636 Eskimo Pie Corporation Eskimo Pie: IPO vs. Buyout 1991 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In early 1991‚ Reynolds Metals Company had a decision to make. Goldman Sachs investment bank has facilitated a potential acquisition of Reynolds’ subsidiary‚ Eskimo Pie to Nestle Corporation. Throughout the years‚ Eskimo Pie has been independently operated and this acquisition would consolidate
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Journal of Financial Economics 85 (2007) 490–517 www.elsevier.com/locate/jfec Comparing the stock recommendation performance of investment banks and independent research firms$ Brad M. Barbera‚ Reuven Lehavyb‚ Brett Truemanc‚Ã a Graduate School of Management‚ University of California‚ Davis‚ CA 95616‚ USA b Ross School of Business‚ University of Michigan‚ Ann Arbor‚ MI 48109‚ USA c Anderson School of Management‚ University of California‚ Los Angeles‚ CA 90095‚ USA
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SA SA COSMETICS – Analyzing Competition Sa Sa Cosmetics is a very successful Hong Kong based discount cosmetics retailers. The case describes how Sa Sa became successful‚ culminating in its IPO in 1997. Since then‚ however‚ its fortunes have declined somewhat. The case discusses recent initiatives that were undertaken to sustain growth momentum. Sa Sa also undertook some marketing research studies. The research findings appear to confirm that Sa Sa may have some major problems. As 2001 comes to
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