IPO - Tapa dura

Reseña del editor

A practical guide to taking your company public--successfully This updated version of the Ernst & Young Guide to Taking Your Company Public looks at the IPO as a milestone in a larger process called The Value Journey?sm, the basis for the work of the Ernst & Young Center for Strategic Transactions??, a business advisory resource for CEOs. This practical book is designed to help you determine whether an IPO is the right move for your company and addresses the major leadership challenges that CEOs face. It describes how to plan your IPO journey and chart your business strategy, focusing on the steps you must take to succeed during and after the IPO event and fulfill the critical need to continuously innovate and renew your company.

Nota de la solapa

The Ernst & Young LLP Guide to the IPO Value Journey® In recent years, initial public offerings have exploded in number and have enjoyed incredible performance at the outset. However, many companies fizzle during the first three years after going public, significantly underperforming the market both in profits and share price. Determined to identify the keys to successful IPOs, Ernst & Young began an ambitious research project called Managing the Success of the IPO Transformation Processsm. The research has shown that highly successful companies (Yahoo!, Lucent Technologies, Amazon.com) treat IPO as a processwhile the unsuccessful often treat it as a financing transaction. Ernst & Young has updated its Guide to Taking Your Company Public, incorporating the illuminating results of the research project into this new edition. The Ernst & Young Guide to the IPO Value Journey is a complete management guide for going public. It has been revised to focus on the IPO as a lengthy process called The Value Journey®, which has significant impact on company operations. This book helps you decide whether an IPO is right for your company and Lets you know what to expect from the various participants in the IPO processthe SEC, the financial community, the press, and various stakeholders. The IPO process itself is described in detail, together with information about how to work with underwriters, attorneys, auditors, and other advisors.

• Learn the pros and cons of becoming a public company and the factors that separate the highly successful from the unsuccessful
• Discover the key legal, accounting, and reporting issues you will face with an IPO event
• Elicit better performance from your board
• Implement strategic transactions, such as acquisitions, alliances, and recapitalization
• Excel at the initiatives that must take place after the IPO