themselves strapped for cash. Netscape would definitely fall into this category as it increasing felt the pressure and loss of market-share to a growing number of competitors. Many companies find it desirable to "go public" with an initial public offering (IPO) when their equity capital needs increase to the point where the opportunity cost of remaining private and compensating investors for the lack of liquidity becomes too great relative to the lower coat of capital derived from liquid public markets (Netscape
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JetBlue Airways David Slade BUS 630 Ashford University Milan Havel January 28‚ 2012 JetBlue Airways 1.) What is JetBlue’s strategy for success in the marketplace? Does the company rely primarily on a customer intimacy‚ operational excellence‚ or product leadership customer value proposition? What evidence supports your conclusion? JetBlue’s strategy for success in the marketplace can be summed up‚ as “a leading low-fare‚ low-cost passenger airline by offering customers high-quality
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is doing difficult to imitate?] 4. The Question of Organization: Are a firm’s other policies and procedures organized to support the exploitation of its valuable‚ rare‚ and costly-to-imitate resources?” ORGANIZATION : AIRLINE INDUSTRY – JETBLUE RESOURCES | CAPABILITIES | CORE COMPETENCIES | In-Flight Entertainment | JFK Airport hub: hub provides significant size and location capabilities political support from the state government | Firm’s infrastructure: Hierarchical and family oriented
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operations‚ or in many cases‚ just to start up their business. One of the best ways that newer and less established companies have found to raise quick capital is to make a stock offering. Initial public offerings (IPOs) have historically had very large initial first day gains com- pared to the performance of the rest of the market. Historically‚ IPOs were underpriced by roughly 16% according to an industry expert at Stein‚ Roe & Fonham. However‚ in recent months‚ some IPOs have seen first day run-
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Problems at JetBlue On Valentine’s Day 2007‚ a severe winter storm hit the northeastern portion of the United States causing many airlines to cancel many flights that resulted in other airlines to divert other flights to the John F. Kennedy airport in New York. JetBlue Airways decided to wait out the storm and found it impossible and unable to continue flights. JetBlue Airways began receiving irate passengers due to being bumped or routed to New York. As problems progressed‚ passengers found
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that time. In 1995‚ Netscape‚ an early leader and innovator in the Internet and WWW software and web browser market‚ had been going through the initial public offering (IPO) process. Specifically‚ on August 8‚ 1995‚ Netscape ’s lead IPO underwriters recommended to the Netscape board to increase the initial offering price to $28 per share from $14 per share‚ a 100% increase. At this new offering price‚ the firm ’s value would be $1 billion‚ raising many eyebrows since their 1995 revenues to date
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Today I will talk about Facebook; it’s a very topical subject particularly since Facebook submit paperwork to regulators for an IPO‚ 1 month ago. But let’s start with a little part of history Histoire «From Harvard dorm room to all Canadian and US University : Mark Zuckerberg‚ 28‚ founded Facebook while studying psychology at Harvard University. Zuckerberg had already developed a number of social-networking websites for fellow students‚ including Facemash‚ where you could rate people’s attractiveness
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Top of Form Netscape IPO Introduction The case analyzes the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Netscape Communications Inc.‚ in order to recommend a justifiable share price for the IPO. Founded in April 1994‚ Netscape Communications Corporation provided a comprehensive line of client‚ server and integrated applications software for communications and commerce on the Internet and private Internet Protocol networks. The primary revenue generator for Netscape at the time IPO was it ’s Internet Browser
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The 15th Financial Case Analysis Contest Analysis Report Case Name： PRADA: TO IPO OR NOT TO IPO: THAT IS THE QUESTION‚ AGAIN Report Title： SWEET ARE THE USES OF IPO Team Name： WINDTRACKER DATE: 16/12/2012 Contents ABSTRACT 1 1. Macro and Industry Analysis 3 1.1 Financing Environment 3 1.1.1 International Monetary Market 3 1.1.2 International Bond Market 7 1.1.3 International Stock Market 9 1.1.4 International Private Equity Market 10 1.2 Industry Analysis
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JetBlue is a low-cost domestic airline in the United States that utilizes a combination of low-cost and value-added differentiation as its market strategy. From its launch in February 2000 to the time of the case‚ the airline grew to become the 11th largest player in the airline industry in a short span of 4 years. Moving into the growth phase‚ JetBlue transitions from launch mode to an established product stage where it needs to focus on growth of scale. Executive leadership has determined that
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