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Initial Public Offering Paper

Initial Public Offering Paper

Initial Public Offering

In this paper the questions regarding a businesses decision to go public will be addressed. Recent changes such as Sarbanes-Oxley governance ruling have had significant impact on the planning and execution of IPO's however, going public still remains the best route to additional capital for a company. We will also take a look at Google's successful rollout of their public offering. However first we need to look at what it takes for a company to go public. In the text of the Fundamentals of Corporate Finance the initial description of IPO succinctly captures the essence of need and subsequent process of an IPO.

Firms issue shares of common stock to the public when they need to raise money. They typically engage investment banking firms such as Merrill Lynch or Goldman Sachs to help them market these shares. Sales of new stock by the firm are said to occur in the primary market. There are two types of primary market......


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Approximate Word Count: 1072
Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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