Essays about: "pe price"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words pe price.
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1. The level of ownership held by PE firms : The impact on underpricing at IPO and performance post-IPO
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : This study examines the specific ways in which private equity firms influence their portfolio companies to enhance their value, with a focus on the relationship between the level of retained ownership and post-IPO performance. Private Equity firms influence their portfolio companies in specific ways to enhance their value. READ MORE
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2. The impact of certification on the reduction of information asymmetry, during and post-IPO
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the existence of information asymmetry displayed in the initial return, and post-IPO financing. Additionally, how sponsor certification influences IPOs and in the post-IPO financing as a means to reduce information asymmetry. READ MORE
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3. What does private equity buy? – A comparison between financial and strategic buyers in European PTP transactions 2005-2019
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This paper outlines a new approach to the takeover literature by comparing target characteristics between financial and strategic buyers in announced European Public-to-Private transactions from 2005 to 2019. We compare PE targets to non-PE targets by conducting a multivariate logistic regression model with a maximum likelihood approach. READ MORE
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4. Initial Returns and Long-Run Performance of Private Equity-backed IPOs in the UK: The Post-Y2K Experience
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This paper studies a sample of 257 initial public offerings (IPO) that occurred in the period from 2001 to 2011, differentiated into sub-samples of 32 venture capital-backed (VC), 55 buyout-backed (BO), and 170 non-backed (NB) share issuances undertaken on the London Stock Exchange's (LSE) Main Market and Alternative Investment Market. We separately analyze initial first-day returns, commonly referred to as underpricing, as well as long-run after-market performance using an event study setting with a horizon of 36 months. READ MORE
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5. Research and Development and Firm Performance : Investigating the need for Research and Development Expenditure as a factor of enhancing the Performance of Firms
University essay from FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Despite the huge sum of money that is being spent on research and development (R & D) on yearly basis by firms, very few empirical studies exist to shed more lights about the effects of this practice on firm performance. However, the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in their publication of International Accounting Standard (IAS) 38, require that expenditures incurred during R & D should either be expensed in the statement of comprehensive income or capitalized as an intangible asset in the statement of financial position provided certain criteria are fulfilled (IASB, 2012, p. READ MORE
