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What Drives Insider Sales Before IPOs

The Horizons Tracker

2021 was a record year for initial public offerings (IPOs), with over $155 billion raised in the US alone. billion in shares in these companies, with many arguing that this indicates a lack of quality in the IPO itself. “Sales of insider shares have been extensively shown to have a negative effect on IPO performance.

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Research Identifies Green Ceiling for Women Seeking IPO Investors

Women on Business

In a study conducted by the David Eccles School of Business , a male and female research team found that investors are less likely to back an IPO from a company led by a woman than a company led by a male. This is being referred to as the “Green Ceiling” in the investment world.

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Doing Well By Doing Good With Darrin Williams, CEO Southern Bancorp

N2Growth Blog

Professor Rebecca Henderson , an esteemed professor of management at Harvard Business School and a world-leading expert in reimagining capitalism, was interested in the Bank’s trajectory and purpose. Should Southern Bancorp consider a public offering in the red-hot IPO NYSE market? Yet, he could no longer fly under the radar.

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Research Explores The Returns From An Educated CEO

The Horizons Tracker

However, when examining Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in the United States between 1998 and 2018, the researchers discovered that companies with CEOs holding a Ph.D. On the other hand, an MBA is more beneficial when management abilities are required to manage a larger firm size and organizational complexity.

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Remaining Innovative After Going Public

The Horizons Tracker

Research from Duke University explores why some companies have managed to remain innovative after going public while others have struggled. The researchers found that this shift in strategy affected around 70% of firms after their IPO. “Our research reminds managers to consider how segmentation also applies to investors.

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Data vs gut: the great decision making debate

Chartered Management Institute

Article: Data vs gut: the great decision making debate Written by David Waller Tuesday 19 September 2023 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email The idea of instinctual management is an attractive one. But as the world becomes more data-driven, which should you be prioritising when making decisions?

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Preview Thursday: Benefit Corporation Law and Governance: Pursuing Profit with Purpose

Lead Change Blog

I spent almost 30 years as a lawyer in private practice, advising business leaders on Delaware corporate law issues – addressing matters like preferred stock financings, IPOs, mergers, hostile takeovers, proxy contests, corporate governance and fiduciary issues. But then something happened to change my view of the shareholder primacy model.