WHY DO FIRMS GO PUBLIC? Forthcoming in the Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance James C. Brau‚ PhD‚ CFA Professor of Finance Editor‚ Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance July 1‚ 2010 Department of Finance Marriott School Brigham Young University 640 Tanner Building Provo‚ Utah 84602 Phone: 801.318.7919 Fax: 801.422.0741 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1649008 WHY DO FIRMS GO PUBLIC? Six months after he founded Netscape‚ Clark agitated for the company
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Should abortion be legal? That is one of the looming questions in politics and society. There are many people today who believe abortion should be illegal because it is the murder of an unborn baby. People state that an unborn baby is still a human being and that they also deserve the right to their own life (Abortion ProCon.org). Abortion is a right that does not need to be controlled by the government. Abortion should be a choice that women have that allows them to control their own bodies. According
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government is so perfect‚ then why would people go against it? The answer is simple. The government is not perfect. Everything improves with time. The government today is not the same as the government yesterday. Since the beginning of time‚ people strove to make the world a better place. There will be times when the government is not always right. We then have to depend on people to go against the government and fight to better our world. It is appropriate to go against the government. The power is not
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Middle schoolers are not mature enough to decide whether or not to attend school. Do you think middle schoolers should be allowed to choose whether or not to attend school? Firstly‚ if middle schoolers are able to choose whether or not to attend school‚ they might choose not to because of immaturity and miss out on important life facts and how to do important tasks. Secondly‚ if they choose not to attend school‚ it could affect their future in many different bad ways. Lastly‚ they might not have
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I think that the whole class should go to a symphony orchestra. I think that because our class would think it would be amazing to see it up close and listen to it. It would be benefiting to kids because they would learn from it. The first reason is that kids would learn how to play the instruments when they get older. They would probably want to be in one. The kids would want to practice while there playing. When the kids see it they will be amazed at what they see. The second reason is that we would
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“I am a firm believer that upon release‚ ex-offenders should be afforded a second chance to become productive citizens by providing rehabilitation and education that will help them join the workforce.” Going along with this quote by Charles B. Rangel I think it is important to offer offenders who have proven that they are truly sorry for the crime they have committed as long as it’s in reason‚ a rehabilitation program. There are some offenders who in some perspectives deserve nothing less than to
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How should children be raised? 1. Give an account of child raising principles as presented in the three texts. Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld‚ “Why I love my strict Chinese mom”‚ a newspaper report by Mandy Stadtmiller from The New York post website‚ 2011. 18-year old Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld says that she loves the tough parenting methods her mother used and thanks. Sophia has now become an independent thinker who makes the most of new opportunities. Tiger mother principle(s): The tiger mother method
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‘People should never go to war’‚ discuss. ‘People shouldn’t go to war’ this statement is important as it is a contradicting point in the bible and is a question asked by many people as it addresses several moral issues for Christians. Christians who think that we should never go to war and agree with the statement have several arguments to support their beliefs. They would tend to quote things from the most well known laws in the bible‚ the 10 commandments. If I were to say how can you justify
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hand has proposed Pakistan to support them in the war by taking part with their armed forces in order to end the conflict in Yemen; we see this proposal as an opportunity for Pakistan that should be exploited to the fullest as taking part in the war is only beneficial for Pakistan in many ways. If Pakistan does not go to war‚ it will face serious economic consequences‚ it will deter its relationship with Saudi Arabia‚ USA‚ GCC countries and it will also impact the social stigma in Pakistan. However‚
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Students may take longer than one hour to complete the assessment‚ especially during the first administration of the assessment. Example: a child who is a 3rd grade student‚ reading at a 5th grade level would experience the following; the child will go through 3rd‚ 4th‚ 5th and 6th grade reading material. The nature of an adaptive assessment is that all students will experience questions for which they do not know the answers (above ability level) in order for the assessment to show the child’s
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