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This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of traditional and online IPOs. Skype's impending IPO provides a framework for an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of each. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. An Analysis of Traditional and Online IPOs , 10/2010
--properly! Whether or not Skype is going to offer an IPO has been a
topic of debate for some time. IPOs, or initial public offerings, are a way for start-up companies to gain capital and for existing companies to go public, thus opening their
coffers to the contributions of the many. These IPOs are big business, eagerly awaited by the company involved and investors alike as everyone stands to benefit. The main question hovering
around Skype is not so much when they will enact their IPO, but in what method they will do so. While Google and Morningstar recently went with a non-traditional IPO
using an auction-based method, Skype would be better served by sticking with the more traditional method. This paragraph helps the student provide support
for his or her argument. Non-traditional IPOs such as those offered via online auction do not rely on investment banks to determine prices. Instead, companies like Google and Morningstar opted
to use the public auction instrument as a way to set the IPO prices (Carter, 2005). In comparison, the more traditional IPO relies on investment banks to set the price
and decide which clients receive which shares. Oftentimes, the clients who receive these shares are already established institutions and not smaller investors (Carter, 2005). One reason Google and Morningstar opted
to use a non-traditional IPO was to allow these smaller investors a chance at getting a cut. Google used such a tactic when it first went public. While many hailed
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