to hitting a target of 40 percent growth during that same time period. One reason Gene One has set such aggressive goals is that it also plans an Initial Public Offering (IPO) at the end of three years to capitalize on market conditions and provide growth capital. However‚ company senior leadership lacks experience in the IPO process and the organization’s structure is not yet sufficient for a public company. Gene One is facing a difficult period of change. The organization must keep its innovative
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Huffman Trucking is a business that is privately held that is considering expansion. The company must choose among three different expansion opportunities. Those options are going public through an IPO‚ acquiring another organization in the same industry‚ merging with another organization. It is important that the right expansion option is chosen for Huffman Trucking‚ but before an option can be chosen the company will have to conduct an investigation of the available options. The investigation will
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TESLA Motors IPO June 2010 By: Brad Taylor Tesla Motors‚ Inc. was formed in 2003 to design and produce affordable EV’s (electric vehicle) and sell into the mainstream market place. The company is in the auto manufacturing industry and the consumer goods sector. To sustain its significant cash flow needs to support its heavy research and development spending and growing infrastructure needs (dealerships)‚ the company completed a public offering in June of 2010 where it sold 13.3 M shares
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212018465 Name: Chaowei Jiang ID: 211676326 Word count: 1890 Executive Summary This report aims to investigate whether Australia has the short-run IPO underpricing phenomenon in its stock market‚ followed with a research of the initial returns and the 2-year holding period returns of 52 Australian firms as well as relevant reasons why Facebook’s IPO experienced a failure. Numerous sources of data and information have been utilized. Nowadays‚ the underpricing phenomenon is very common in the American
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Synopsis: Google Inc. Google is a global technology leader focused on improving the ways people connect with information. Google maintains an index of websites and other content‚ and makes this information freely available to anyone with an Internet connection. Its automated search technology enables people to obtain nearly instant access to relevant information from its online index. The company’s innovations in web search and advertising have made its web site a top internet destination and
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480 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China In October 2006‚ the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) completed the world ’s largest initial public offering (IPO)‚ listing shares on the Shanghai and the Hong Kong stock exchange‚ raising more than 21 billion dollars (Hill‚ 2011). The ICBC offered this IPO for numerous reasons‚ but foremost was that the ICBC wanted to attract investors with long term perspective; so it targeted foreign investors. Since ICBC already had a presence
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expansion options: Going public through an IPO‚ acquiring or merging with another organization. Going Public through an IPO An Initial Public Offering (IPO) is the first time a company issues stock to the public. According to Bateman and Snell‚ “Initial public stock offerings (IPOs) offer a way to raise capital through federally registered and underwritten sales of shares in the company” (2011‚ pg. 255). There are various advantages to going public. An IPO may raise capital‚ reduce debt‚ improve
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needs Euros in six months protect itself from currency fluctuations? DQ 2 What are “Value Added Services”? How does a company measure the overall “value” of such services? DQ 3 what is an IPO? How does an IPO allow an organization to grow financially? When is a merger or an acquisition‚ instead of an IPO‚ more appropriate? FIN 370 Week 5 Discussion Questions DQ 1‚ DQ 2‚ and DQ 3 www.paperscholar.com DIRECT LINK TO THIS STUDY GUIDE: http://www.paperscholar.com/fin-370-week-5-discussion-questions-dq-1-dq-2-and-dq-3/
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Raising Equity Capital When a private company decides to raise outside equity capital to fund there firm‚ they can turn several potential sources‚ these include Angel Investors‚ venture capital firms‚ institutional investors and corporate investors. Angel investors are individual investors who buy equity in small private firms (often friends of relatives) and are usually the first round of outside financing typically receiving a sizeable equity share. Venture Capital Firm (VCF) is a limited partnership
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The Indian M & A market is far from mature ; IPOs are a better bet for most industries ‘The only constant is change.’ This adage holds very well in the corporate sector. Yes‚ it is true that Indian market is in nascent stage and from decades‚ the rule followed in the business is to grow or die. Companies that do not grow tend to stagnate and destroy the shareholders fund. The need of the hour is either going for public or opt for some strategic M&A. Going public for a company is changing from
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