Access to Capital A public offering of stock can vary from $500‚000 to over $1 billion. In 1999‚ 544 companies completed an IPO(Initial Public Offering). The total capital raised from these offerings was $23.6 billion. By offering stock for sale to the public a company can access a substantial source of corporate funding. If a company needs to raise capital‚ it can sell stock(equity) or it can it issue bonds(debt securities). An initial equity offering can bring immediate proceeds to a company
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Initial public offering (IPO): An initial public offering (IPO) is a type of public offering where shares of stock in a company are sold to the general public‚ on a securities exchange‚ for the first time. Through this process‚ a private company transforms into a public company. Initial public offerings are used by companies to raise expansion capital‚ to possibly monetize the investments of early private investors‚ and to become publicly traded enterprises. A company selling shares is never required
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Public-Private Partnerships(PPP): A Reality Check and the Limits of Principal Agent Theory Arie Halachmi‚ PhD 2011-2011 Distinguished Fulbright Professor Abstract Can partnership and contracting out of the production and delivery of what used to be performed by government improve public sector productivity? However‚ the reality does not always follow the theory. Using an actual case study and a Principal Agent Theory the paper explores and articulates possible limitations of Principal
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care/education be a public service with universal coverage or a private service? Should public services be privatized? . Currently‚ we are exposed to hear or watch several times in the radio or TV news important political people talking about reforms‚ which is sometimes only a cover way of talking about privatization of previously public services now and again. Defined in the strictest of terms‚ privatization means the sale of public utilities to private concerns. But as Public Works magazine noted
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Public broadcasting is defined as broadcasting that is controlled and financed by the public for the public. There is no government or commercial institutions directing and influencing programming content so as to influence the public. It is therefore free from political influence and commercial pressure. (UNESCO) A “Public Broadcaster Services” (“PBS”) has the role of broadcasting in the interest of the public. The SABC in South Africa owns fifteen PBS radio stations of which eleven of its PBS
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Euthanasia and End of Life Issues Grand Canyon University: PSY 357 Professor Joseph Keefer Euthanasia and End of Life Issues After being diagnosed with debilitating diseases‚ such as one of the multiple forms of cancer or being in a Persistent Vegetative State‚ (PVS)‚ many consider euthanasia to end the suffering of that individual. Euthanasia is defined as "the act of painlessly ending the lives of individuals who are suffering from an incurable disease or severe disability" (Santrock
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------------------------------------------------- Public Private Partnerships Strategic Finance Assignment 1) What are Public Private Partnerships? A public–private partnership (PPP) is a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. Public Private Partnership is an arrangement between a government / statutory entity / government owned entity on one side and a private sector entity on the other‚ for the provision of public assets
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3 Theory of Bureaucracy The public concept of bureaucracy suggest the need for sweeping reforms in the public sector to avoid concentrating power on the in nonelected institution‚ to forge a strong link between citizens preference and government action‚ and to bring the political system generally into a closer embrace of democratic value (Ostrom 1985:242 public choice argues that such reform should rely on the introduction of market force into the arena of public service provision. Competition and
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ten Tips in Public Relation Vinamilk Coporation – VietNam There are many successful companies in public relation‚ Vinamilk is not a big company in Asia‚ but it has the potential to reach out to far in the future‚ today I will introduce some tips about Vinamilk public relation‚ how they get a great connection with customer although it’s till in domestic range http://www.vinamilk.com.vn/ENG/ 1. Communicating the message. “ the message lies at the heart of the strategic public relations program”
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Introduction Public policy refers to the product of activities aimed at the resolution of public problems in the environment by different actors whose relationship is structured and this process involves overtime .Public process involves developmental series of stages ‚which interacts with each other for the outcome of expected results. Public policy stages can be also called public policy cycle as it is a continuous
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