Th. Ph. D.--Philosophy--Clayton (Australia)--Monash university, Department of romance languages, 1991.

Mémoire d'étude diplôme de conservateur des bibliothèques : Bibliothéconomie : Villeurbanne, ENSSIB : 2003.

in English This diploma thesis explores the ongoing reform of the prospectus regime in the European Union. On 30 November 2015, the European Commission presented a proposal for a new regulation, which is to replace the current so-called Prospectus Directive. The primary aim of this thesis is determine the shortcomings of the current prospectus regime and to critically analyze the proposal in order to determine, whether it addresses these shortcomings and whether it improves the prospectus regime in general. The thesis consists of three main parts: the first introduces the prospectus, its characteristics and current regulation in the EU; the second explores and analyses the proposal itself and makes conclusions on the proposed changes; the third and final part explores the topic of prospectus liability and conflict-of-law rules. Based on the conducted research I arrive at the conclusion that the biggest issues of the current prospectus regime are the high costs connect to the preparation of a prospectus, inflexible disclosure requirements for certain types of issuers, ineffective retail investor protection and diverging implementation of the Prospectus Directive across EU member states. While the European Commission's proposal addresses most of these shortcomings and certainly represents an...

La question des effets de la promotion des ventes sur le comportement du consommateur est souvent traitée dans la littérature, en revanche peu de travaux s’intéressent à l’impact de la communication promotionnelle en prospectus. Cette recherche se consacre à l’étude des déterminants de la recherche d’information promotionnelle dans le prospectus et à la réponse comportementale du consommateur en termes de choix du point de vente compte tenue des offres promotionnelles communiquées.Le corpus théorique se rapportant au comportement de recherche d’information promotionnelle et au comportement de choix du point de vente, ainsi que l’étude qualitative exploratoire contribuent à la construction du modèle conceptuel et la définition des hypothèses.Une étude quantitative auprès d’un échantillon composé de 460 consommateurs identifie les motivations et les caractéristiques des consommateurs qui cherchent le plus l’information promotionnelle dans le prospectus. En effet, la sensibilité à la promotion, la recherche de l’exploration, l’économie de temps perçue, l’appréciation positive des caractéristiques du prospectus et les variables socio-démographiques (l’âge, le revenu et la taille du foyer) sont les variables qui déterminent une recherche élevée d’information promotionnelle dans le prospectus. Par ailleurs, la recherche d’information promotionnelle influence positivement la réactivité promotionnelle et son impact sur le comportement de choix du point de vente est modéré par l’implication envers l’achat programmé. / In literature, sales promotion effects on consumer behavior are often documented, however few researches have investigated the impact of promotional communication through store flyers. This work is dedicated to study the determinants of promotional information search on flyers and the consumer behavioral response in terms of store choice having regard to communicated promotional offers.The theoretical corpus relating to promotional information search behaviour and to store choice behaviour, as well as the exploratory qualitative study contribute to the construction of the conceptual model and the definition of the hypothesis.A quantitative study with a sample of 460 consumers identifies the motivations and the characteristics of consumers who seek more promotional information on store flyers. Indeed, the deal proneness, the exploration search, the perceived time saving, the positive appreciation of flyers characteristic and the socio-demographics variables (age, incomes, household size) are the variables that determines a high promotional information search level in store flyers. Furthermore, the search of promotional information positively influences the promotional reactivity, and its impact on store choice behavior is moderated by involvement with the planned purchase.

This dissertation considers the reforms made to the liability rules in Australia�s prospectus laws during the 1990s. It traces the rewrite of the fundraising provisions at the end of the 1980s as part of the new Corporations Law through to the rewrite of those provisions at the end of the 1990s as part of the CLERP Act initiative. As the law in this area is not particularly well served by detailed judicial or academic analysis in Australia, the dissertation seeks to define the scope of the Australian liability regime by reference to case law analysis, a review of relevant theoretical considerations and comparative analysis with other key jurisdictions. The thesis of the dissertation is that many of the reforms were, particularly initially, misconceived in key respects because of a failure to apply appropriate theoretical underpinnings and to take account of the lessons that could have been learned from a comparative analysis with other key jurisdictions.

This dissertation considers the reforms made to the liability rules in Australia�s prospectus laws during the 1990s. It traces the rewrite of the fundraising provisions at the end of the 1980s as part of the new Corporations Law through to the rewrite of those provisions at the end of the 1990s as part of the CLERP Act initiative. As the law in this area is not particularly well served by detailed judicial or academic analysis in Australia, the dissertation seeks to define the scope of the Australian liability regime by reference to case law analysis, a review of relevant theoretical considerations and comparative analysis with other key jurisdictions. The thesis of the dissertation is that many of the reforms were, particularly initially, misconceived in key respects because of a failure to apply appropriate theoretical underpinnings and to take account of the lessons that could have been learned from a comparative analysis with other key jurisdictions.

1 Liability for defective prospectus Abstract The aim of my thesis is to provide a paper that discusses the overall consequences of an issuer who, in connection with public offer of securities or their admission to the trading on regulated market, provide and make public a defective prospectus that contains untrue, incomplete and misleading information. The thesis does not deal with all aspects of the laws of prospectus. Instead, it focus on particular issues in relation to the prospectus. Mainly, it deals with civil liability arising out of the defective prospectus. As a consequence, the other sanctions, eg. administrative or criminal, are not included in the thesis. In my thesis, I consider prospectus as an informative document that ought to provide certain information in order to protect investors. These information must not be untrue, incomplete or misleading so that the high standard of protection to investors is preserved. High standard of investors protection include, inter alia, higher liability attached to a prospectus. Legal regulations governing civil liability attached to a prospectus are not harmonized on the EU level. Instead, broad discretion is given to Member States in order to provide their own legal regulation regarding civil liability for a defective prospectus. That opens free field for...

Application problems of EU prospectus regulation in the Czech Republic Abstract The subject matter of this thesis is the analysis of certain application problems that are associated with the regulation of the prospectus at EU level, represented mainly by the relatively recently adopted so-called "Prospectus Regulation". The thesis aims to identify the main problems that may arise from the EU regulation of the prospectus in the case of its application in the Czech Republic. Following the identification of these problems, the subject of this thesis is to analyze these problems in terms of their severity, consequences for capital market participants, causes and possible solutions. The thesis is divided into five parts. The first part defines the definition of the term prospectus, its main requirements from a practical point of view, a brief history of securities regulation and the prospectus as a means of regulating the offering of securities to the public and the analysis of the importance of public offering of securities today. The second part focuses on the prospectus approval process in the Czech Republic, including a brief description of this process and an analysis of the application problems associated with this process. The third part of this work analyzes the problems associated with the uncertainty...

in English This thesis deals with process of public offering in Czech capital market's environment. Public offering is an alternative to debt financing for companies concerning raising capital. However, In Czech Republic, when companies confronted with this dilemma, waste majority of them choose debt financing against equity financing. My thesis is divided between introduction, eight chapters and conclusion. In the introduction of my thesis, I set to myself a goal, to answer the question, whether legislative situation in Czech Republic is negatively influencing the number of public offerings, mainly initial public offerings, carried out on Prague stock exchange. Every two chapter of my thesis creates one logical part and therefore I shall describe them as such. In first two chapters, I am enlightening the topic of public offerings and I also try to analyze reasons, which lead companies to undertake the whole process. My concern is also about factors, which company should pay attention to when deciding about going public. In third and fourth chapter I try to analyze the steps, which are necessary for companies to take before engaging in public offering process itself. I take extra care of prospectus, which is the most important document presenting the issuing security to investors. Main analysis...

This thesis provides new insight into the information environments of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and analysts’ equity reports. The thesis consists of four essays that address the issues of firm disclosure and the relevance of information for analysts and investors in the capital market. The research question concerns the role of accounting information on the capital market. The present thesis entails the following analyses: (i) An analysis of the content in IPO prospectuses (ii) Cross-sectional analyses on factors affecting prospectus disclosure (iii) An analysis of the short- and long-run returns of IPOs (iv) An analysis of the relevance of IPO disclosure on IPO valuation (v) An analysis of non-financial information content in analysts’ reports (vi) An analysis of the valuation relevance of non-financial information The first essay examines prospectus disclosure and looks at explanations as to the factors that drive the disclosure. The findings reveal that IPO firms provide more information in their prospectus in comparison with non-IPO firms. The second essay analyzes how prospectus disclosure affects IPO valuation in the secondary market. It is hypothesized that increased disclosure in the prospectus decreases valuation uncertainty, which implicates lower underpricing for the IPO firm. The essay shows that Swedish IPOs are underpriced. However, disclosure is not found to be related to underpricing. The third essay examines the extent and type of forecasts provided in the prospectuses and the value relevance of this information. The study reveals a reduction in profit and sales forecast disclosures while at the same time shows an increase in sales growth forecasts for the period 1996-2004. The essay finds that forecast information is particularly relevant to investors and analysts. Forecast disclosing firms demonstrate a significantly lower underpricing and lower long-run return compared with non-forecast disclosing firms. The fourth essay concerns the valuation relevance of non-financial information contained in analysts’ equity reports. The essay notes that valuation relevance of non-financial information is positively related to the size of the target firm. Moreover, analysts were observed to rely more heavily on forward-looking non-financial information than historical non-financial information in their valuation.