Financing Digital Product Companies

2010 ◽  
pp. 73-84
Author(s):  
Richard B. Carter ◽  
Frederick H. Dark
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Variable Cost ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Digital Product ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Public Offering

Faced with the prospect of positive and negative network externalities and the all-or-nothing phenomenon, digital product (DP) firms must choose the timing of their capital acquisitions carefully. Moreover, with typically high fixed-to-variable cost ratios, the risk to recovering the initial investment is critical. In this chapter the authors discuss various forms of financing for the DP firm, both short-term and long-term, with these issues in mind. But our primary focus is the initial public offering of equity (IPO) and particularly its timing. Through empirical analysis and case studies we show that if DP firms issue too early in their life cycle they may receive a price for their shares that is not commensurate with long-term prospects. However, issuing too late may mean that they either cannot sell shares or are unable to recover their initial investment.

KINERJA SURAT BERHARGA SETELAH INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Umi Murtini
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Abnormal Return ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
T Test ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
Level I ◽  
Public Offering ◽  
Term Performance

This study observes the pedormance of stock, shortierm and long-term in Jakarta Stock Exchange (BEJ). Sample data taken from firm that hove done IPO since the January 1990 untit December 2003, amount sample that used as much 255 firms. The daily abnormal return used as proxy perlormance by using Market-Adjusted Return Abnormal Model (Aggwwal $993). Short-term pedormance is based on a share performance atter, one day,' one month, 2 month and 3 month, Long-term perfonnance is b,osed on performance during 24 month. The result tests of one sampte t-test indicate that in short-term, cnerage abnormal return ore positive equal to i,8, 83 %. This result consistent with the previous research that performance in short-term experience, of the under pricing, Abnormal relurn that resuked in long term are arcrage negative equal to 21, 44%. This study Jinds the consistent phenomenon underperformance on a long term. And then the results of paired comparisont-test indicate that the short-term performance,is better lhqnlong-range performance, at level I %o.signtficance.Keywords: t Initiol Pubtic Offering, Performace of IPO, Abnormitl'Return, Underpricing and Underperform)

scholarly journals An empirical study of IPO underpricing: Evidence from Chinese stock market

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianxiang Xu ◽  
Yujie Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Initial Public Offerings ◽  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Chinese Stock Market ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Ipo Underpricing ◽  
Public Offerings ◽  
Public Offering ◽  
Different Characteristics

Initial public offerings, as one of the most important activities for firms, have raising massive amount of researches. Regarding China, the stock markets are experiencing a massive level of IPO underpricing, which leads to trillions of dollars leaved on the table. This study is conducted for the question why Chinese IPO are so heavily underpriced and the determinants of IPO underpricing, also the possibility of IPO be underpriced in China. We confirm again that Chinese IPOs are heavily underpriced and the average underpricing level is about 110%. Further, Chinese IPO will experience a negative short term return starting from 10 days after listing, and there are significantly different characteristics for state owned IPOs and private IPOs. This study finds that information asymmetry, proportion of state owned share and risk are the mainly determinants of IPO underpricing in China. Additionally, one of the biggest reason that Chinese initial public offering is underpriced so much is because of government participation, since we find that firms with larger proportion of government state owned shares will be more underpriced.

Groupon: let's make a deal?

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-38
Author(s):  
Susan White
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Media Companies ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Public Offering ◽  
Media Firms ◽  
Term Performance

Synopsis Groupon, an online coupon company, was one of many companies that considered an initial public offering (IPO) during what might be a second technology/internet/social media IPO boom in 2011. Some companies chose to postpone their IPOs, while others took advantage of the media attention focussed on technology companies, and in particular, social media firms. Should investors hop on the tech IPO bandwagon, or hold off to better evaluate the long-term prospects of tech companies, and in particular social media companies? Would the valuation of Groupon justify an investment in IPO shares? Research methodology The case was researched from secondary sources, using Groupon's IPO filing information, news articles about the IPO and industry research sources, such as IBIS World. Relevant courses and levels This case is appropriate for an advanced undergraduate or MBA corporate finance or investment elective. Most introductory finance classes do not have the time to cover later chapters in a finance textbook, where information about IPOs is generally found. It could also be used at the end of a core finance course, where the instructor wanted to introduce this topic through a case study of a hard-to-value internet-based company to illustrate the difficulties in setting IPO prices. The case could also be used in an equity analysis class, an entrepreneurial finance class or an investment class, to spur discussion about valuing an internet company and choosing appropriate investments for pension fund investing. This case could also be used in a strategy class, focussing on the five forces question, and eliminating the valuation question. Theoretical basis There is a great deal of literature about IPOs and their long-term performance. An excellent source is Jay R. Ritter's research, http://bear.warrington.ufl.edu/ritter, which has a longer time period and more data than could be contained in this case. IPO puzzles include persistent undervaluing of IPOs; in other words, the offer price is lower than, and sometimes substantially lower than, the first day close price. A second issue is the generally poorer long-run performance of companies after their IPO when compared to similar firms that did not do an IPO.

Performance of Indian IPOs: An Empirical Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 734-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rekha Handa ◽  
Balwinder Singh
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Ipo Underpricing ◽  
Board Committees ◽  
Effective Signal ◽  
Public Offering ◽  
Major Consideration ◽  
Ownership Patterns

The present research study contributes to the extant literature on underpricing rather uniquely by addressing the under-researched linkage of corporate governance to underpricing. The originality of this effort also lies in being one of the initial efforts of exploring governance in context of initial public offering (IPO) underpricing in Indian settings. The study comprises an empirical analysis of 404 Indian IPOs studied for their board structures and ownership attributes using IPO prospectuses. Drawing support from the signalling theory, the variables board size and board committees exhibit a significant positive relationship to the IPO returns on the listing day. In Indian markets characterized by concentrated family-owned firms, promoter ownership does work as an effective signal for investors who take cues of firm potential from ownership patterns. Corporate governance measures have a miniscule contribution in explaining the underpricing of Indian IPOs and indicating that investors do not incorporate these as a major consideration in their investment decision.

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