S/F/163. 'The IPO for Google took place in September 2004. Since then the company share price has risen steadily together with continuous profit growth'. Discuss

The paper reports on the performance of Google Inc discussing the features and services provided by the Google search engine and examining the factors behind the company's success and competitive advantage. The company's history and development are reviewed; their mission to organize the world's information is discussed.

C/F/287. Factors affecting the performance of Initial Public Offerings

The paper examines the features of Initial Public Offerings (IPO) that provide companies with the capital they need for expanding their business, pay off an existing loan, etc. The profits generated by the public from IPOs are discussed on the basis of a literature review investigating whether the information about these profits is reliable and whether IPOs really provide positive returns considering the risks associated with these investments.

S/F/101. Initial Public Offering - IPO

The paper examines the practice of Initial Public Offering (IPO) reviewing IPO requirements in the UK, the types of IPO, etc. The issues of setting IPO prices are addressed discussing examples of shares' under pricing.

P/F/438. Role of venture capitalists in IPO market

The paper examines the issues of venture capital investments discussing the role of venture capitalists in affecting IPO (initial public offering) pricing, and reviewing the hypothesis on the correlation between the presence of venture capitalists in the IPO market and a reduction of information asymmetry.

P/F/426.Review of theories on initial public offering

The paper examines the process of initial public offering (IPO) in a firm’s life cycle reviewing literature on the concepts of under-pricing, information asymmetry, retained equity, venture capital equity, underwriting, auditor reputation, etc. Criticism of the signalling theory is provided.

C/E/110. FDI in emerging economies: the case of EEC

The paper discusses the importance of inbound FDI for emerging economies. Among the considered benefits are economic growth, the growth of internal market, technological sipll -overs and access to cheap managerial know-how. The paper also considers the motivational forces that push and pull investors to stream their capitals into particular destinations and business areas.

P/F/273. Initial Public Offerings – IPOs

The paper firstly defines IPOs and describes the process of their issuing, then the paper analyses what the IPOs underpricing is, its purpose and why it might be useful, and finally the paper critically analyses whether or not underpricing and signalling hypothesis are associated and how

S/F/36. IPO valuation and analysis

This work presents classical analysis of the Initial Public Offering (IPO). First of all, the general financial position of the company and the quality of management are scrutinized. This is an important step in the analysis as it allows approaching the valuation step with all necessary adjustments made beforehand. Then the valuation process itself is conducted. The author uses post-IPO cash-flow analysis in order to allow for substantial reduction of debt due to the IPO. CAPM and WACC concepts are utilized to obtain the value of the company. However, this work is not only useful for IPO valuation. The author makes comprehensive analysis of benefits and disadvantages of the IPO. The role of the underwriter and qualities it has to possess are also discussed. Since there may exist the phenomenon of short-run overperformance and long-run underperformance, the analysis of stock market returns is accomplished. Finally, the appropriateness of different stock exchanges for different types of company is discussed. The paper will be useful for students doing comprehensive case-study of the IPO.

C/F/12. Investment Banking. Are IPOs Systematically Underpriced?

There is not one, but many explanations for the puzzle of underpricing in initial public offerings all over the world. Along with incentives for underpricing on the part of all sides, the underwriter, owners and investors, there are limitations to valuations techniques available driven by asymmetrical information and the costliness of research, which further drives underpricing to persist.

C/F/36. Analyse the IPO process of Expedia.

This paper presents: Rationale and Objectives (Reasons for the offer, Offer objectives, Use of proceeds, General economic climate and Major challenges); Share Capital and Ownership (Type of shares offered, Offer size, Major shareholders before offer, Ownership restrictions, Timing of the scale); Transaction components (Principal advisers, Transaction fee distribution, Pricing/underwriting method and Syndicate structure); Marketing (Investor targeting, Roadshow, Retail marketing and Institutional marketing) and Results (Placement, Type of buyers, Investor concentration, After-market performance, After-market liquidity). Key lessons learnt,

P/F/68. Dissertations. Going Public: the case of Football Clubs

The dissertation attempts to identify what were the main reasons of going public for the football clubs in the end of the 90s; how these reasons can be compared with the reasons for companies in other industries; and the correctness of those reasons. The research found out that opposing to much that has been written, there were real advantages for most clubs at the time to go public due to the speedily increasing costs. The research was based on the primary and secondary researches.