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privatization (i.e., IPO) has different effects depending on the types of owners to whom it gives control in corporate governance …
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history of venture capital financing of these firms before the IPO and the behavior of venture capitalists at the IPO. We can … capitalists is lower, their selling intensity at the IPO is higher and the committed lock-up period is longer. …
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history of venture capital financing of these firms before the IPO and the behavior of venture capitalists at the IPO. We can … capitalists is lower, their selling intensity at the IPO is higher and the committed lock-up period is longer. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297295
In this paper, we analyze the investment and divestment patterns of different types of venture capitalists. Using a data set em- bracing all venture-backed IPOs that occurred on Germany's Neuer Markt we investigate whether the governance structures, objectives, abilities and track records of...
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We analyze the venture capitalist's decision on the timing of the IPO, the offer price and the fraction of shares he … sells in the course of the IPO. A venture capitalist may decide to take a company public or to liquidate it after one or two … financing periods. A longer venture capitalist's participation in a firm (later IPO) may increase its value while also …
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We analyze the venture capitalist's decision on the timing of the IPO, the offer price and the fraction of shares he … sells in the course of the IPO. A venture capitalist may decide to take a company public or to liquidate it after one or two … financing periods. A longer venture capitalist's participation in a firm (later IPO) may increase its value while also …
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In this study we examine how Specified Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) were used as a financing tool for companies in the shipping industry in period 2004-2011. We confirm that SPACs focused on acquisitions in the shipping industry have similar characteristics as the population of SPACs...
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The incentive stock options (ISOs) are similar to the regular stock call options. However, when one considers various taxing laws regarding the ISO stocks, the ISOs have unique features differentiated from the regular stock call options. In general, no income from ISOs is realized, for tax...
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A signaling argument has recently been developed whereby IPO underpricing is a signal of future firm value. Only higher … and reissuance activity. Greater IPO underpricing is also found to be associated with greater levels of future equity …
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This paper presents evidence on the failed initial public offerings that used best efforts contracts. Out of 732 best efforts IPOs attempted in 1980-84, 186 IPOs (about one fourth) failed to meet minimum sales requirement and were subsequently withdrawn. Offerings with greater uncertainty about...
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