Frank Ecker examines the performance of U.S. initial public offerings (IPOs) from 1980 to 2002. He links positive and negative abnormal returns to the deviation of the realized information risk from the expected information risk. The author proposes effective measures for a long-term profitable...

Over the past two decades, equity carve-outs (ECOs) have become an increasingly popular form of corporate restructuring in Europe. Individual business segments are separated from the parent conglomerate company, and a minority stake is listed on the stock exchange. The parent company thus...

Superior investment performance is the ultimate objective of mutual fund investors. However, past fund performance is no reliable indicator of future performance. Peter Lückoff investigates why fund flows and manager changes act as equilibrium mechanisms and drive the performance of both...

As a result of economic and structural changes, the automotive supply industry has been facing significant consolidation activity over the last twenty years. The pressure to produce better equipped and less expensive automobiles has created a growing trend towards specialization and...

Philip Radner analyzes equity financing phenomena and researches IPO underpricing and SEO announcement effects using data sets for US REITs. Moreover, he discusses underpricing theories and their applicability in the REIT context and gives a theoretical background on IPOs and on underpricing in...

Einleitung: Dressing the bride – Equity Storytelling auf einer Postkarte -- I. Think – Die Analyse -- 1. Wir – Der Gründer, das Unternehmen und sein Wertversprechen -- 2. Freunde – Die Kunden und das Geschäftsmodell als Storyanker -- 3. Feinde – Wettbewerber und das kommunikative...

Peter Thilo Hasler gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die Finanzierung von Fußballunternehmen am Kapitalmarkt durch Aktien oder Anleihen. Er schildert ausführlich, warum das häufig gegen Fußballaktien vorgebrachte Argument, wonach sportliche Erfolge für den Aktienkurs von höherer...

Introduction -- Literature Review -- Choice of the Issuing Firm and Its Controlling Shareholder -- Determinants of Private Placement Discount -- Announcement Effect -- Long-term Performance of Private Placements in China -- Conclusion: from the Perspective of Interest Parties.

Seit Mitte der 90er Jahre hat ein Börsengang als Instrument der Eigenkapitalbeschaffung im Mittelstand zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen. Die Berg- und Talfahrt der Kapitalmärkte in den Jahren von 1997 bis 2004 hat dabei zu einer neuen Qualität von Börsengängen und den damit verbundenen...

In just under a decade, Facebook has gone from a Harvard prodigy's dorm-room experiment to an essential part of the social life of hundreds of millions of children, teens, and adults across the globe. It's no surprise, then, that the company has been the subject of countless magazine articles,...