by Arif Khurshed (2011)
An initial public offering (IPO) - the occasion when a firm's shares are issued to the public for the first time - is one of the most exciting events in the life of a company, providing new opportunities for the business, its managers and for investors. IPOs thus attract a lot of attention from stock market researchers, academics and investors seeking to understand more about how they work and how the shares of IPO companies perform once they are listed. In this new book, Arif Khurshed delves into the history of IPOs on the London Stock Exchange, explains the mechanics of how IPOs are arranged and how they are priced, and provides an analysis - with detailed but lucid reference to past academic studies - of how the shares of IPO companies perform in the short and long term. The book provides valuable insight into many fundamental IPO matters, including: - the different methods of flotation that are used, - the alternative ways in which IPO shares are priced, - how common it is for IPO shares to over or underperform, - the survival of IPO firms once they are listed. There are also detailed case studies of a number of high-profile IPOs, including those of Google, Visa and MoneySupermarket. If you are an academic, finance professional or serious investor looking to broaden your knowledge of stock market flotations then you will find Initial Public Offerings to be an indispensable guide.
Michael C. Bernstein, Lester Wolosoff
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Thomas Donaldson
Ethics of International Business offers three concepts for interpreting international business ethics: a social contract between productive organizations and society; the notion of a fundamental international right promulgated by ten specific international rights; and a moral "algorithm" to help multinational managers find compromises between conflicting norms in home and host countries. This is the first book to systematically evaluate global business from a moral perspective.--[book jacket].
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Compares the employment equity/affirmative action practices of six countries -- the United States, Canada, Great Britain/Northern Ireland, India, Malaysia, and South Africa.
Barry J. Rodger, Angus MacCulloch
"Competition Law and Policy in the EC and UK looks at how competition law affects business, including: co-ordinated actions; pricing behaviour; takeovers and mergers; and State subsidies. It provides a clear guide and outline of the general policies behind, and the main provisions of, Community and UK competition law." "Information is presented within a structured framework, complete with a glossary of useful terminology. The third edition has been substantially revised to incorporate a number of recent important developments in EC and UK competition law. The most notable inclusions are the modernisation of EC enforcement through Regulation 1/2003, the reform of the EC Merger Regulation, the introduction of the Enterprise Act 2002, which repealed and replaced the merger and monopoly provisions of the Fair Trading Act 1973 and introduced a new cartel offence, and the development of policy and practice in relation to the Competition Act 1998."--BOOK JACKET.