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Technological Disruptive Potential and the Evolution of IPOs and Sell-Outs
Since the late 1990s, the number of private firms exiting via initial public offerings (IPOs) in U.S. markets has sharply declined. At the same time, the number of exits via acquisitions (i.e., sell-outs) has soared. Successful firms are nowadays more likely to sell-out to other (public or private) companies than…
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Acquisition Prices and the Measurement of Intangible Capital
Investments by firms into intangible capital play a pivotal role in a firm’s strategy and value in today’s economy. However, because the benefits to these investments can be uncertain, current financial statements under U.S. GAAP mandate that firms record these investments as operating expenses, despite the long-term benefits these investments…
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