Netscape’s Initial Public Offering Executive Summary Netscape Communications Corporation was founded in 1994 to provide client, server, and integrated applications software for the internet and other Internet Protocol (IP) networks. The company found early success capturing the browser market by offering its Netscape Navigator client product for free with the goal of generating revenue on the back end by selling server software to companies that wanted marketing access to these potential customers
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1. Why are investors excited about Netscape? What is Netscape’s business model? What must Netscape accomplish if it is going to be successful in the long run? What are the risks Netscape faces? Marc Andreessen, along with the other founders of Mosaic, accomplished what other Internet providers before failed to do: they created a Web browser that did not require the user to have expertise in HTML coding. Mosaic’s user-friendly click-and-point interface allowed for a wider customer base. After purchasing
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Harvard Business School 9-296-088 rP os t Rev. May 16, 1997 Netscape's Initial Public Offering op yo August 8, 1995 had taken an unexpected turn for Netscape Communications Corporation’s board of directors. Earlier that morning, the day before the company’s scheduled initial public offering (IPO), Netscape’s lead underwriters proposed to the board a 100% increase in the original offering price from $14 to $28 per share. This recommendation came in response to the remarkable
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exclusive use of B. OUYANG Harvard Business School 9-296-088 Rev. May 16, 1997 Netscape's Initial Public Offering August 8, 1995 had taken an unexpected turn for Netscape Communications Corporation’s board of directors. Earlier that morning, the day before the company’s scheduled initial public offering (IPO), Netscape’s lead underwriters proposed to the board a 100% increase in the original offering price from $14 to $28 per share. This recommendation came in response to the remarkable oversubscription
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Equity Offerings Case: Netscape Initial Public Offering (HBS 9-296-088) Case Questions: Please use the excel sheet I prepared and uploaded on the Blackboard. I inserted already the assumption for your convenience. 1. Why has Netscape been successful to date? What is its strategy? How risky is its current competitive situation? 2. Value Netscape. Use the following assumptions: a. Total cost of revenues stays at 10.4% of total revenues. b. R&D stays at 36.8% of total revenues. c. Other operating expenses
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Equity Offerings Case: Netscape Initial Public Offering (HBS 9-296-088) Case Questions: Please use the excel sheet I prepared and uploaded on the Blackboard. I inserted already the assumption for your convenience. 1. Why has Netscape been successful to date? What is its strategy? How risky is its current competitive situation? 2. Value Netscape. Use the following assumptions: a. Total cost of revenues stays at 10.4% of total revenues. b. R&D stays at 36.8% of total revenues. c. Other operating expenses
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ISSUE MANAGER REPUTATION, UNDERPRICING LONGAND LONG-RUN PERFORMANCE OF INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS: EVIDENCE FROM THE SINGAPORE IPO MARKET VOON PEIJUN (Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons), NUS) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF SCIENCE (BUSINESS) DEPART DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2009 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my warmest gratitude to Professor Michael Shih for his patient guidance and encouragement all this
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Why Has IPO Underpricing Increased Over Time? Abstract In the 1980s, the average first-day return on initial public offerings (IPOs) was 7%. The average first-day return doubled to almost 15% during 1990-1998, before jumping to 65% during the internet bubble years of 1999-2000. Part of the increase can be attributed to changes in the composition of the companies going public. We attribute much of the increase in underpricing, however, to previously latent agency problems between underwriters
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Organization Strategy Berry’s Bug Blasters is a privately held business and wants to expand its operations. The business is considering three options for moving forward with the expansion plan. The first option is going public with an IPO, or Initial Public Offering. The second option is to acquire another similar business within the industry, and finally the third option is merging with another organization. All three of these options are viable choices and this paper analyzes each options
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is all the hype about? What is an IPO, how does it work, and will a publicly traded Facebook affect how we use the social network on a daily basis? Here's a quick guide. WHAT EXACTLY IS AN IPO? When a privately owned company makes an Initial Public Offering, it means they're moving to be publicly traded on the stock market for the first time. That means that anyone can buy stock in the company and own a portion of it. Ads By Google Online Trading Plus500®: APPL, Ebay, HP Commodities, No
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