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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1. Why do businesses prefer arbitration.6 Usually cheaper than litigation: resolving a case through arbitration is usually far less costly than proceeding through litigation because the process is quicker and generally less complicated than a court proceeding. Faster than litigation: according to a recent study by FMCS‚ the average time from filing to decision was about 475 days in an arbitrated case while a simila case took from 18 months to 3 years to wend is way through the courts. Flexibility:
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Shakespeare: A Common Knowledge in Society Almost anywhere that you go in America or even the world‚ the people have heard of William Shakespeare. His name is probably one of the most common ones in our society today‚ and has been since his time. But has anyone ever raised the question why? Why do we‚ as a society‚ read William Shakespeare’s plays? The answer is a simple one and that is to have a common knowledge in our societies. So many diverse groups of people can be brought
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We have seen extreme cases of what people can do with guns and how states with lenient gun laws have suffered awful firearm tragedies. Let’s take Colorado‚ for example‚ their state laws have no restrictions on open carry‚ (state more reasons for poor gun-control). In relations to poor gun laws‚ Colorado is also known for a couple of the worst mass shootings in history. In 1999‚ the Columbine High School massacre‚ also
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May 5‚ 2011 6-902 Mrs. Vitalis Why Do I Come School Why do I come school? I come school to work. Another reason is to learn. Another reason is to have fun. I come school to learn because you can get good grades and get a good job. I come school to learn because if you learn more and
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As many of college students know‚ college can be a gigantic headache. From keeping up with homework‚ test schedules‚ last minute studying‚ and reminding yourself to eat on the top of all that. It can surly drive a person insane. Most students‚ like myself‚ sometimes wonder is it even all worth it. Though the long‚ stressful nights and the complete overflow of debt a student puts themselves in‚ can get the best of anyone‚ a college education is worth more than its expenses. My working thesis for
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increases by 4% per year (source: Foreign Ministry) since 2000. Most of these young people are highly skilled‚ over 60% have five years of study in the superior. According to a survey conducted by the letudiant.fr site 1/5 business school graduate and 1/10 engineering school graduate go abroad for their first job because of much more interesting opportunity than in France. Switzerland‚ the United States and Germany arrive in the top of the most popular countries by the young graduates. The unemployment
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Until recently there was many debates on how the moon‚ our nearest planetary neighbor was formed. Well we believe that at some point in Earth’s early history‚ a rogue planet‚ larger than Mars‚ struck the Earth in a great‚ glancing blow. Instantly‚ most of the rogue body and a sizable chunk of Earth were vaporized. The cloud rose to above 13‚700 miles altitude‚ where it condensed into innumerable solid particles that orbited the Earth as they aggregated into ever larger moonlets‚ which eventually
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Falling in love is a magical experience that happens between two people. So why do people fall in love? Professor Arthur Aron from State University of New York at Stonybrook has been exploring the dynamics of what happens when two people are falling in love: Q: What motivates people to seek out love? A: Our primary motivation as human beings is to expand the self and to increase our abilities and our effectiveness. One of the ways we accomplish this is through our relationships with other
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A shocked fact about milk for most people‚ as it turns out that consuming much milk is not good for people’s health as they think. Milk has many beneficial components that make people drink it every day in order to be healthy. Vitamin D and calcium are the most known components on milk. Even if asking a kid why he is drinking milk every day‚ his response directly would be because it has calcium which helps strengthen bones. Moreover‚ milk provides really useful nutritious other than vitamin D and
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