This paper examines the determinants of the going public decision of the Indian companies. A probit regression model is used to analyze the influence of fundamental financial data of Indian companies on their going public decision. The size, profitability, age and leverage emerged as the...

This paper examines the determinant factors of going public decision of the Indian firms. Both pre IPO and post IPO factors are identified. Pre IPO factors are identified by comparing pre IPO characteristics of public firms with that of private firms using a probit regression model. Post IPO...

In this paper an attempt was made to determine whether Price-Earnings (P/E) ratios indicate future prices or yields in Indian capital market. While the efficient market hypothesis negates the possibility of prediction, the P/E ratio supporters argue that due to exaggerated investors'...

The study investigates the relationship between changes in insider's ownership around Initial Public Offering (IPO) and post-IPO performance deterioration of Indian firms. The univariate analysis shows that the performance of Indian public firms deteriorates significantly in post-IPO period. The...