Corporate Finance: Case Netscape 1. Why has Netscape been so successful to date? What is its strategy? How risky is its current competitive situation? Netscape follows a “give away today make money tomorrow”-strategy. Netscape currently has 75% of web browser market‚ making it by far the most popular browsing software. Netscape is making money by selling server software to companies that require marketing access to potential consumers‚ by selling its software packages and through providing
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Should people be concerned of the food they consume daily? What exactly‚ is food? New Oxford Dictionary Second Edition calls it “any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink‚ or that plants absorb‚ in order to maintain life and growth.” That doesn’t help so much unless you define nutritious. Nutritious food‚ it says here‚ “provides those substances necessary for growth‚ health‚ and good condition.” Many people nowadays does not too concerned on the food they consume. According to
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SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT? The greenhouse effect‚ by definition is the process by which the atmosphere is assailed by an excess of carbon dioxide. What happens is that carbon dioxide released in large quantities by industry collects at the lower part of the earth ’s upper atmosphere. Because of this‚ part of the heat that is reflected from the earth is absorbed by this carbon dioxide and returned to the earth as heat. This shield‚ so to speak‚ lets the sunlight through
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This case is about Netscape Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 1995. Netscape had a successful starting in the market mainly because of their strategy of “Give away today and make money tomorrow”‚ which let them capture 75% of the web browser market‚ making it the most popular browsing software. The successful strategy consists in gaining its large market share by initially giving away its product for free. Netscape had to create a new industry standard to succeed in the long term‚ besides make revenues
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in an initial public offering then the stock is called a hot issue. Netscape Communications (NSCP) was the classic hot issue. It went public August 9‚ 1995 at an offer price of $28. On the same day it hit a high of $74¾ and closed at $58¼. Netscape hit an all time high of $174 in December 1995 and split 2:1 February 7‚ 1996. In the long term‚ however‚ Netscape wasn’t that hot an issue. A year after the initial public offer Netscape Communications was trading below $30 a share. (Adjusted for the split
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Document View Page 1 of 3 Return to JRUL databases | Help 0 marked items Databases selected: Multiple databases... Document View « Back to Results Document 1 c d e f g Mark Document Publisher Information Abstract ‚ Full Text Survey: Innovation in industry: Easy way out Nicholas Valery. The Economist. London: Feb 20‚ 1999.Vol.350‚ Iss. 8107; pg. S22‚ 2 pgs » Jump to full text » Translate document into: Select language » More Like This - Find similar documents
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Executive Summary Netscape Communications Corporation is often credited with launching the dot-com era and technology boom of the late 1990 ’s and making the Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) common household terms and services. This era is coined the "Information Revolution"‚ since the Internet and WWW was integrated into our modern culture and society during that time. In 1995‚ Netscape‚ an early leader and innovator in the Internet and WWW software and web browser market‚ had been going
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Case 1 – Netscape Initial Public Offering Course: Corporate Finance Date: 09-02-2015 Suzanne Groen Nikki Krayenoord Zhenni Hu Juliette van der Werf 10003288 10872043 10824286 6165796 1 Netscape Communication Corporation Netscape Communication Corporation is a software company founded in April 1994 by Marc Andreessen (co-founder of Mosaic) and Jim Clark (founder of Silicon Graphics). Their mission was to provide open software that connects information and people over the Internet and Intranet
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LISTING DAY PERFORMANCE OF INDIAN IPOs By 1. Dr. Omprakash Kajipet Professor & Head Department of Commerce and Business Management Kakatiya University‚ Warangal‚ AP 2. A.Sathish Kumar Faculty Member Sree Chaitanya PG College Karimnagar LISTING DAY PERFORMANCE OF INDIAN IPOs Investment would imply the employment of funds with the objective of realizing additional income or growth in value of investment at a future date. Investment choices are found to be the outcome of
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Should Netscape go public to satisfy its capital needs? Netscape does need to go public to satisfy its capital needs over the next three to five years. Netscape is in a position to capitalize on the consolidation of the technology sector. Further‚ they need to remain competitive against Micorsoft’s Internet Explorer. By taking the company public‚ Netscape will also be able to raise capital to expand its business‚ finance acquisitions‚ pay debt and have greater access to capital in the future
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