英国的非公开权益资本和风险投资

英国是欧洲风险投资和非公开权益资本的发源地。在欧洲国家中,英国的风险投资和非公开权益资本起步最早,发展也最快。从1979年算起,英国风险资本投资额和非公开权益资本增长了100多倍。2005年,在欧洲的风险投资市场上,英国的风险资本总额占欧洲风险投资额的40￣50%,在欧洲是当仁不让的“大哥大”,在世界范围内仅次于美国。本篇文章主要介绍了风险投资(VentureCapital,VC)及非公开权益资本(PrivateEquity,PE)的最新概念和从属关系以及英国的风险投资及非公开权益资本的历史、结构、规模、投资趋势、投资阶段、投资领域、地理特征、知名风险企业、投资表现等,以此从数据和分析的角度使中国的风险投资领域及非公开权益资本领域的从业人员以借鉴、启迪的作用。     

Buyer behavior under the Best Offer mechanism: A theoretical model and empirical evidence from eBay Motors

We use data from eBay Best Offer listings to analyze haggling over prices in transactions with one seller and a series of potential buyers for a limited-supply product. We characterize this transaction mechanism as a sequential-move game to investigate buyer behavior. Our model suggests that a buyer's offer price increases in relations to the number of buyers who have previously made an offer on the item and the Buy-It-Now price chosen by the seller. On the other hand, the offer price decreases for items which have been listed on eBay for a longer period of time. We empirically test our theoretical predictions using data on the sales of Toyota Camry cars on eBay Motors. The empirical evidence is consistent with our model.     

我国企业并购方式的比较与选择

我国企业的并购方式主要分为无偿划拨、协议并购和要约并购三种.通过对这三种并购方式的比较研究,进一步发现协议并购是我国目前并购的主导方式,要约并购是最完全的市场主导并购方式.而随着市场经济的不断完善以及股权分置改革的结束,股份在全流通基础上的要约并购将取代协议并购,成为我国主要的并购方式.     

This Offer Self-Destructs in 3… 2… 1…: Improving the Effectiveness of “That's-Not-All” Techniques in Promotional Emails

This study investigated the “that's-not-all” (TNA) technique as a promotional strategy and offered suggestions for maximizing its effectiveness. The research contributes to current literature by addressing two moderating variables and their influence in aiding the process, time limitation, and internal reference price. Results denote a significant TNA impact overall on attitudes and perceptions of offer value. Ads featuring a 7-day time limit were even more influential on study participants, yet product internal reference price did not significantly impact participant attitudes or perceptions. Additionally, five focus groups were analyzed to assess consumer perceptions of TNA techniques and implications for the research.     

The likelihood of management involvement,offer premiums,and target shareholder wealth effects: Evidence from the 2002–2007 LBO wave

This study analyzes the likelihood of management's involvement, the determinants of the offer premium and the market's reaction to the target in order to evaluate the pervasiveness of the agency cost motive and the information asymmetry motive in LBO transactions in the most recent LBO wave. In addition, we consider the role that market volatility plays in the key elements of LBOs. There is strong evidence to suggest that market volatility plays an important role in determining all three elements under investigation due to its effect on the market value of the firm. In addition, management's involvement has a strong positive effect on offer premiums indicating that positive information asymmetry remains to be a motive for management's involvement in LBOs. The agency cost hypothesis is also supported in all three analyses and there is evidence that increased financial distress costs are a concern to private equity groups.     

试析我国合同法中的四个条款

我国《合同法》规定了要约的生效时间、要约失效、表见代理、债权人代位权条款。在实际执行中 ,显现这些条款规定过于简略 ,缺乏可操作性。本文分析了要约的生效时间、要约失效、表见代理、债权人代位权条款的不足并提出了修改建议。     

强制要约收购的概念解读

要约收购作为当今国际社会流行的重要收购模式,也存在力不从心的地方,需要强制要约收购予以弥补。在上市公司收购过程中,实施强制要约收购的目的是保护中小股东的利益,在一定程度上减轻要约收购存在的局限性。本文从各国的立法例出发,归纳出其基本的法律特征,并且通过对强制要约收购各种概念进行比较分析,以期最终得出其概念的真正涵义。     

Influence of media coverage and sentiment on seasoned equity offerings

This article examines the role of media in seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) price and market reactions on SEO announcements. Using a sample of SEO deals in UK, we find that media coverage is significantly and negatively related to SEO price discounts and market returns around SEO announcements. Moreover, we document that more pessimistic media sentiment predicts larger SEO price discounts and more negative market reactions to SEO announcements. In summary, both media coverage and media sentiment influence investor decisions in SEOs, but through different mechanisms.     

Does individual investors’ attention influence underwriters’ IPO pricing?

ABSTRACT

Using a unique Chinese IPO bidding dataset and a particular social media dataset, we examine the impact of individual investors’ attention on underwriters’ offer price adjustment, offer price revision, IPO initial returns, and long-term performance. We find that when a company receives more attention from individual investors before the underwriter finalizes the offer price, the underwriter will adjust the offer price higher. Moreover, we find that the IPO initial returns are significantly positively related to individual investors’ attention. These findings suggest that individual investors will influence underwriters’ pricing behaviour from a new perspective, – –investors’ attention. Finally, we do not find a significant relationship between individual investors’ attention and IPO long-run performance.     

上市公司股权融资选择：私募还是公募?

本文对A股定向增发和公开增发分析后认为:就财务型股权融资而言,在老股东财富最大化原则下,在未来新项目净现值为正的情况下,股价高估的公司选择公开增发,股价低估的公司选择定向增发。定向增发方式可以缓解信息不对称带来的投资不足问题,可以解释公告后正的超额收益。