As technology accelerates the dynamism in the global markets, companies are forced to adapt to the changing landscape. A company’s success in navigating the external environment depends on their dynamic capabilities. One of the most critical moments for many companies’ is when they conduct an IPO. Research into how an IPO affects a firm is necessary since newly listed firms have been shown to underperform compared to private firms. Dynamic capabilities have been observed to be of critical importance for IPO firms and previous research suggests that an IPO changes processes that affects a firm's ability to develop dynamic capabilities. This study explores how the development of dynamic capabilities is affected by changes to microfoundations following an IPO. The study gains insight into the subject by conducting interviews with executives from Swedish firms that underwent the IPO process during 2018-2020. The empirical findings indicate that seven microfoundations are affected by going public. The study contributes to prevailing literature by laying the groundwork for future research on how a firm's ability to develop dynamic capabilities is affected by going public and it has the potential to be a practical tool when making strategic decisions during and after an IPO process.

During the last three years the Swedish stock market has showed a strong upwards movement from the lows of 2016. At the same time the IPO activity has been large and a lot of the offerings have had a positive return during the first day of trading in the market. The goal of this study is to analyze if there is any particular IPO specific data that has a correlation with the first day return and if it can be used to predict the first day return for future IPO’s. If any regressors were shown to have correlation with the first day return, the goal is also to find a subset of regressors with even higher predictability. Then to classify which regressors show the highest correlation with a large positive return. The method which has been used is a multiple linear regression with IPO-data from the period 2017-2018. The results from the study imply that none of the chosen regressors show any significant correlation with the first day return. It is a complicated process which might be difficult to simplify and quantify into a regression model, but further studies are needed to draw a conclusion if there are any other qualitative factors which correlate with the first day return. / Under de senaste tre åren har den svenska aktiemarknaden visat en kraftigt uppåtgående rörelse från de låga nivåerna 2016. Samtidigt har det varit hög IPO-aktivitet, där många noteringar har haft en positiv avkastning under den första handelsdagen. Målet med denna studie är att analysera om det finns särskilda IPO-specifika faktorer som påvisar samband med avkastningen från första handelsdagen och om det kan användas för att förutsäga utvecklingen under första handelsdagen för framtida noteringar. Om regressorerna visade korrelation är målet sedan att ta fram de bästa av dessa för att se om det ökar modellens säkerhet. Vidare var det av intresse att visa vilka regressorer som korrelerar med en positiv avkastning. Metoden som användes var en multipel linjär regression med historisk data från perioden 2017-2018. Studiens resultat visar att ingen av de valda regressorerna har någon signifikant korrelation med avkastningen under första handelsdagen. Börsintroduktioner är komplicerade processer som kan vara svåra att förenkla och kvantifiera i en regressionsmodell, men ytterligare studier behövs för att dra en slutsats om det finns andra kvalitativa faktorer som kan förklara utvecklingen under första handelsdagen.

Områdesbeskrivning: IPO-marknaden kan undersökas på olika sätt. Varför underprissättning är så förhärskande, om den går i cykler eller vad det är som påverkar den. Vi vill undersöka den svenska IPO-marknaden under perioden 2006-2020 och om den påverkas av makroekonomiska faktorer såsom inflation eller styrränta. Denna studie är inspirerad av tidigare forskning utförd av Tran och Jeon (2011) som undersöker om det finns samband mellan makroekonomiska faktorer och IPO-marknadens aktivitet på den amerikanska marknaden. Är det så att olika IPO-marknader påverkas av olika faktorer på unika sätt eller är IPO-marknader världen över homogena? Vi försöker dessutom framställa en modell som beskriver det mest gynnsamma förhållandet att genomföra en IPO under om målet är att anskaffa mer kapital. Syfte: Uppsatsen syfte är att undersöka den svenska IPO-marknadens aktivitet under perioden 2006-2020. Samt undersöka i vilken utsträckning den svenska IPO-marknadens aktiviteten påverkas av makroekonomiska faktorer. Med vår undersökning av de makroekonomiska faktorerna som grund kan vi således undersöka vilka makroekonomiska förhållanden som är mest gynnsamma för företag i Sverige att genomföra en IPO under om målet är att anskaffa mer kapital. Metod: En kvantitativ metod appliceras i denna uppsats för att besvara våra forskningsfrågor och datan vi samlar in analyseras med hjälp utav en regressionsanalys. Vi samlar in vårt datamaterial genom att läsa igenom årsredovisningar från de företag som genomfört en IPO under den tidsperioden vi undersöker. Hypoteserna formuleras utifrån tidigare forskning och ämnar att undersöka om de makroekonomiska faktorerna har ett positivt eller negativt samband med IPO-marknadsaktivitet. Resultat: Resultaten som vi finner är att det finns signifikanta samband mellan den svenska IPO-marknadens aktivitet och makroekonomiska faktorer. Vi identifierar ett förhållande som kan beskrivas som det mest gynnsamma makroekonomiska förhållandet utifrån vår modell. Begränsningar: Vår uppsats är begränsad till tidsperiod 2006-2020 samt den svenska IPO-marknaden. På grund av att viss information kring hur mycket kapital ett företag anskaffar vid sin IPO saknas så begränsas vårt urval. / Area description: IPO markets can be studied in different ways. Why underpricing is so prevalent, if the market moves in cycles or what influences the market. We want to study the Swedish IPO market during the period of 2006-2020 and if it is influenced by macroeconomic factors like inflation or the policy rate. This study is influenced by the work done by Tran and Jeon (2011) who examines if there are any relationships between macroeconomic factors and IPO market activity on the American PO market. Is it that different IPO markets are influenced by different factors in unique ways or are the IPO markets around the globe homogeneous. We try to produce a model that describes the most favourable environment to implement an IPO in if the goal is to acquire more capital. Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to examine the activity of the Swedish IPO market during the period 2006-2020 and examine the extent to which the activity of the Swedish IPO market is affected by macroeconomic factors. Based on our study of the macroeconomic factors, we can therefore examine which macroeconomic conditions are most favourable for companies in Sweden to carry out an IPO under the goal of raising more capital.  Method: A quantitative method is applied in this thesis to answer our research questions and the data we collect is analysed with the help of a regression analysis. We collect our data by reading through annual reports from the companies that conducted an IPO during the period we are investigating. The hypotheses are formulated based on previous research and intend to investigate whether the macroeconomic factors have a positive or negative relationship with IPO market activity.  Results: The results we find is that there are significant relationships between the activity of the Swedish IPO market and macroeconomic factors. We identify a ratio that can be described as the most favourable macroeconomic ratio based on our model.  Limitations: Our thesis is limited to the period 2006-2020 and the Swedish IPO market. Due to the lack of certain information about how much capital a company raises at its IPO, our selection is limited.

Syfte: Studien syftar till att visa hur och varför volymen börsnoteringar av fastighetsbolag varierat över tid och hur denna volym har påverkats av det ekonomiska klimatet. Metod: Studien baseras på en kvantitativ metod. Multipel regressionsanalys tillämpas där makroekonomiska faktorers förklaringsvärde för volymen börsintroduktioner av fastighetsbolag undersöks. Teoretisk referensram: Det teoretiska ramverk som används i denna studie har sin primära utgångspunkt i tidigare forskning gjorda på börsnoteringar. Vidare har The Fisher Di Pasquale Wheaton model använts för att få en djupare förståelse för fastighetsbranschens mekanismer. Kopplingen till aktiemarknaden har sitt ursprung i Den effektiva marknadshypotesen tillsammans med The capital demand hypothesis. Resultat: Denna studie finner ett negativt samband mellan antalet introduktioner av fastighetsbolag samt det aktuella ränte- och konjunkturläget. Aktieprisutvecklingen bland fastighetsbolag och volatilitet på fastighetsaktiemarknaden har båda ett positivt samband med antalet introduktioner av fastighetsbolag. Denna studie finner inget samband mellan antalet introduktioner av fastighetsbolag och inflationsnivå. / Objective: This thesis aims to gain a deeper understanding of IPO activity by real estate firms, and why its volume varies over time. The objective is also to obtain the impacts of macroeconomic factors on the volumes of initial public offerings. Method: This study uses a quantitative method were macroeconomic factors will be used as predictors in a multiple regression analysis. Further, IPO volumes of real estate firms will be considered as the constant. Theorethical references: The basic theories that are used in this thesis are Efficient Market Hypothesis, the FDW-model, and The Capital Demand Hypothesis. Previous thesis that covers IPOs are considered as the fundmental basis of this study. Results: The results shows a negative correlation between the IPO volumes of real estate firms, and the interest rate, as well as the economic cycle. Hence, this study finds a positive correlation between stock prices and the volatility at the stock market. The results don’t find any significant correlation between IPO volumes and the inflation rate.

Pirminių viešų siūlymų reikšmė yra itin aktuali finansų krizės nuniokotose rinkose, nes pirmieji vieši vertybinių popierių siūlymai yra alternatyva įprastiniam skolinimuisi ir galėtų išjudinti stagnacijos apimtas rinkas. Jie padėtų kompanijoms pritraukti lėšas bei plėtoti verslus, pritraukiant finansinius išteklius ir nukreipiant juos pelningoms investicijoms ar kitiems poreikiams tenkinti. Sėkmingas pirminis viešas siūlymas kompanijos suteikia ne tik galimybę pritraukti gana dideles garantuotas lėšas, bet ir stabiliai augančias akcijų kainas biržose. Po sėkmingų pirminių viešų siūlymų kompanijos netgi turi geresnes skolinimosi galimybes įprastiniu būdu bei didesnį pasitikėjimą užsienio rinkose. Darbo objektas – pirminių viešų siūlymų pradinės kainos Baltijos šalyse. Darbo tikslas – išnagrinėti ir įvertinti pirminio viešo siūlymo pradinės kainos efektyvumą ir ją įtakojančius veiksnius Baltijos šalių rinkose. Šiam tikslui pasiekti iškelti šie svarbiausi uždaviniai:  Išanalizuoti pirminio viešo siūlymo ypatybes, tikslus, privalumus ir trūkumus;  Išnagrinėti emisijos platinimo būdus bei pirminės viešos emisijos procesą, jos įkainojimo aspektus;  Atlikti Baltijos biržų pirminės rinkos analizę,  Atlikti pirminių viešų vertybinių popierių siūlymų pradinės kainos efektyvumo tyrimą Baltijos šalių rinkose;  Remiantis atlikta teorijos analizė bei praktiniais tyrimais suformuluoti išvadas ir pasiūlymus. Darbo struktūra. Darbas suskirstytas į tris... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The Initial public offering value is particularly relevant to markets affected by the the financial crisis since the initial public offering of securities is an alternative to the conventional borrowing and could cure the stagnation of the market. IPO helps companies to raise funds and develop their business by attracting financial resources and using them for profitable investments or other needs. A successful initial public offering not only provides the ability to raise enough funds, but also guarantees high, but steadily rising share prices on stock exchanges. After a successful initial public offering, the company has even greater possibilities for the routine borrowing and the greater confidence in foreign markets. The object of this paper work – initial prices of IPO‘s in the Baltic market. The goal of this paper work – research and evaluation of the Initial price Efficienty, factors, which have influence on it in the Baltic IPO market. The main tasks of the paper are as follows: 1. analyze characteristics of IPO, it‘s gals, advantages and disadvantages; 2. study of offerings types and the process of IPO , pricinig aspects; 3. analyze the Baltic initial market; 4. research of the Initial price Efficienty in the Baltic IPO market; 5. formulate conclusions and recommendations according the performed theoretical analysis and practical research. This paper work consists of three main parts. In the first part the conception of IPO and it‘s basic characteristics are given... [to full text]

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to analyze whether initial public offerings had an impact on rival firms. Theory: The efficient market hypothesis model, Information asymmetry and the signal theory. Method: A quantitative approach in the methodology has been undertaken where an event study was constructed in order to measure cumulative average abnormal return. The empirical data used in the study consists of 243 rival firms that had an initial public offering occurring in their industry. Two hypotheses have been tested using the simple t-test. Results: A compilation of the abnormal return of rival firms was made which showed no clear patterns of an impact taking place. When testing the two hypotheses both were rejected which showed that no significant impact took place. Analysis: According to previous research and theories an impact on the rival firms should have shown but the different sample might be the reason of our results being different. Conclusion: Due to the two hypotheses being rejected the event study finds no significant evidence of an abnormal return occurring in connection to the initial public offering of a rival firm. / Syfte: Studiens syfte var att kartlägga om börsintroduktioner hade någon påverkan på konkurrerande företag. Teori: Den effektiva marknadshypotesen, Signalteori och asymmetrisk information. Metod: Studien använde en kvantitativ typ som övergripande forskningsdesign. En deduktiv ansats användes där teorier låg som grund till skapandet av hypoteser. Tillvägagångssättet var med en eventstudie som lämpar sig bra för stora mängder data. Studien använde aktiekurser från 243 konkurrerande företag. Resultat: En sammanställning gjordes av konkurrerande företags abnormala avkastning vilket inte visade något tydligt mönster för att påverkan finns. Vid test av hypoteser förkastades både hypoteserna vilket gav resultatet att ingen påverkan fanns. Analys: Enligt tidigare forskning och teorier borde en påverkan kunna utläsas. Skillnaden på urval kan vara en anledning att tidigare studier fått andra resultat. Slutsats: Den kumulativa genomsnittliga abnormala avkastningen gjorde rörelser vid de olika mätdagarna något mönster går inte att urskilja och den insamlade data som användes visade inget signifikant resultat vid hypotestest.

Att göra en rättvis prissättning av aktier vid en börsintroduktion kan vara svårt och det är i företagens, emissionsinstitutens och investerarnas intresse att detta sker. Rådande informationsasymmetri leder ofta till att aktier underprissätts för att locka investerare att delta vid en börsintroduktion. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka skillnader i aktiekursens utveckling den första handelsdagen på de officiella och de inofficiella börslistorna för att se om varierande krav på informationsutgivning och marknadsvärde har en påverkande faktor. De officiella börslistorna som undersöks är Nasdaq Small, Mid och Large Cap, medan de inofficiella börslistorna är First North och Spotlight. Undersökningens resultat visar att företagens marknadsvärde inte har en betydande påverkan på aktiekursutvecklingen den första handelsdagen då samtliga börslistor på Nasdaq hade en liknande utveckling samt andel underprissatta aktier. Detta trots att kravet på marknadsvärde för att noteras på dessa börslistor skiljer sig markant. De olika börslistornas krav gällande informationsutgivning har visat sig ha en betydande påverkan på aktiekursutvecklingen. Resultatet visar även att inofficiella börslistor har en större spridning av aktiekursutvecklingar där det förekom mycket höga under- och överprissättningar. Detta innebär att investerare som deltar vid en börsintroduktion på First North och Spotlight tar högre risk samt har möjlighet till högre avkastning. / Pricing shares for an upcoming IPO can be difficult and it is in the companies’, theInvestment Bank’s and investor’s interest that the shares are fairly priced. The current information asymmetry often results in companies underpricing their shares to attract investors to participate in an upcoming IPO. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the difference in share performance on the first trading day between different stock lists on the Swedish IPO market. This is done in order to see if the different listing requirements, such as information publishing and market capitalization, are important factors for the underpricing of shares. The different stock lists that have been analyzed are Small, Mid and Large Capfrom Nasdaq OMX Stockholm which are all official stock lists, as well as the Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTF) First North and Spotlight. The result of this study shows that market capitalization doesn’t affect the pricing of shares for upcoming IPOs. This because there was minor differences between the different official stock lists Small, Mid and Large Cap, eventhough the required market capitalization to get listed are very different. The different requirements regarding information publishing however, have shown leads to more inaccurately priced shares. The result shows that MTFs’ such as First North and Spotlight experience a wider range of pricing where the average under- and overpricing är very high.This means a higher risk for the investor, but also the potential for higher returns.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:26:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rogerio Paulucci Mauad.pdf: 2031618 bytes, checksum: 088c1c2c1410cc8c45cd2dd063c5ef83 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-04 / The investments made by private equity funds have grown exponentially over the last ten years. Traditionally, private equity funds are value generators inside of investees due to capital contributions and techniques of differentiated management. In Brazil , several funds, domestic and foreign capital , have made significant investments in companies from various sectors , thus enabling them to grow , develop and made their public offerings , thus becoming , publicly traded companies . Since 2004, with the beginning of a new wave of IPOs ( Initial Public Offering) in the domestic market , dozens of companies previously invested by private equity funds went public on the Stock Exchange of São Paulo . This study analyzed from a sample of 141 IPOs after 2004 if the stock performance of these companies, determined by the methodology Wealth Relative Buy-and -Hold was greater than the return of the shares of companies that have not invested by private equity funds. Statistical and econometric tests were conducted , the results suggests that the market recognizes the value of fund management in investee companies , but the return on stocks has not remained constant over the long term and established in different periods , leading to the conclusion that even companies previously invested by private equity funds are subject to cycles of expansion and contraction of the market and the performance differences between the stocks of companies previously invested by private equity funds and other diminish over the years after the public offering . / Os investimentos realizados por fundos de Private Equity cresceram exponencialmente nos últimos anos. Tradicionalmente, os fundos de Private Equity são geradores de valor dentro das empresas investidas, devido aos aportes de capital e às técnicas de gestão diferenciadas. No Brasil, diversos fundos, de capital nacional e estrangeiro, realizaram investimentos significativos em empresas dos mais diversos setores, possibilitando assim que crescessem, se desenvolvessem e realizassem suas ofertas públicas de ações, tornando-se então, empresas de capital aberto. Desde 2004, com o início de uma nova onda de IPOs (Initial Public Offering) no mercado nacional, dezenas de empresas previamente investidas por fundos de Private Equity abriram capital na Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo. Este trabalho analisou, a partir de uma amostra de 141 IPOs realizados após 2004, se o desempenho das ações destas empresas, apurado pela metodologia Wealth Relative Buy-and-Hold foi superior ao das ações de empresas que não foram investidas por fundos de Private Equity. Foram realizados testes estatísticos e econométricos, cujos resultados sugerem que o mercado reconhece o valor da gestão dos fundos nas empresas investidas, porém o retorno das ações não se manteve constante no longo prazo e nos diferentes períodos apurados, levando à conclusão de que mesmo as empresas previamente investidas por fundos de Private Equity estão sujeitas aos ciclos de expansão e retração de mercado e as diferenças de performances entre as ações das empresas previamente investidas por fundos de Private Equity e as demais diminuem ao longo dos anos após a oferta pública.

本研究以台股初次公開上市櫃公司IPO後首日股價報酬熱度及機構投資人首月脫售持股情況兩指標，試著預測IPO後一年期股價表現。本篇論文蒐集自2010年起至2014年3月31日止252筆在台灣初次上市櫃公司資料，並將其依首日報酬熱度由低至高依序分為Cold、Cool、Hot及Extra-Hot四種群組。研究結果顯示，Cold IPOs長期傾向擁有較佳超額報酬，而首日報酬熱度最高的Extra-Hot IPOs長期則表現最差。也證實了IPOs股票折價承銷理論中所提，公司若在IPO初期出現較大幅度的折價讓利，長期將導致公司因降價求售股票而遭受價值損害。 另外，本文也以三大法人脫售持股比例為分組，探討法人是否具有長期股價預測能力。過去一些國內外文獻皆以全部樣本直接討論法人脫售行為對長期績效表現的影響，本研究進一步將252筆公司資料分為：(1)初次上市櫃前曾在興櫃市場掛牌交易及(2)上市櫃前未曾在興櫃市場掛牌交易 兩群組。結果顯示，機構投資人只有在對IPO個股具有優勢資訊時(曾在興櫃市場交易)，才能顯著對公司優劣做出判斷，進而對長期績效表現做出預測；反之，若是未曾興櫃之IPO個股，機構投資人對其一年期股價表現則無顯著預測能力。本研究最後以首日報酬率、承銷商聲譽、IPO時大盤指數、法人首月脫售持股比例及IPO時個股市值等五大因素，做出IPO一年期超額報酬預測式。結果發現只有IPO時大盤指數、法人脫售持股比例及首日報酬熱度顯著影響一年期超額報酬率。其他變數如承銷商聲譽及IPO時公司市值皆只具經濟意義，對一年期超額報酬並無顯著影響。 / In this article, we are trying to predict the 1-year excess returns of the IPOs by observing two indicators：The first-day return and the flipping level by institutional investors. We use the 252 IPOs data in Taiwan stock market from 2010 to March 31th, 2014 and divide it into 4 different levels by the first-day return：Cold IPOs, Cool IPOs, Hot IPOs and Extra-Hot IPOs. And it turns out the Cold IPOs are inclined to have better long-run performances on the stock price, while the Extra-Hot IPOs have the worst performances in the 12-month excess returns. This study can prove the mispricing theory：The IPOs will suffer in losses in the long-term because of the underpricing behaviors. This thesis also analyzes the predictive power of the flipping level of institutional investors. We divide our sample data into two different groups：(1) IPOs who have been traded in the dealer market (Emerging Stock Market, ESM) (2) IPOs who traded in the order driven market directly (without the dealer market experiences). It reveals that the predictive power is prominent only if the institutional investors have superior information about the IPOs (with dealer market experiences); In contrast to the first group, the predictive power seems to be weak when the IPOs have no dealer market experiences. In the end of this study, we are trying to construct a regression model with five indicators：the rank of the underwriters, the IPOs’ market capital, the market index during the IPO period, first-day return and the flipping level of institutional investors. We find out that in addition to the IPOs’ market capital and the rank of the underwriters, all other indicators are statistically significant to predict the 1-year excess returns of IPOs.

[pt] O objetivo deste trabalho é verificar a ocorrência do underpricing no mercado brasileiro e analisar sua relação com fatores internos, externos da empresa e da oferta. O underpricing é considerado uma anomalia de mercado, pois proporciona para os investidores ganhos elevados com a mesma composição de risco. Para as empresas, a ocorrência do underpricing no IPO compromete a eficiência da oferta, uma vez que reduz o montante arrecadado. Este fenômeno foi estudado nas décadas de 80 e 90, porém somente na última década estudos começaram a ser realizados com foco no mercado brasileiro. Desta forma, foi observada a ocorrência do underpricing no mercado brasileiro em uma amostra composta por 30 IPO entre os anos de 2010 a 2016, e para analisar a relação dos fatores foi aplicado a análise de cluster aliada ao teste não paramétrico de Wilcoxon. / [en] The objective of this paper is to verify the occurrence of underpricing in the Brazilian market and to analyze its relationship with internal, external factors of the company and the offer. Underpricing is considered a market anomaly as it provides investors with high returns with the same risk composition. For companies, the occurrence of underpricing in the IPO compromises the efficiency of the offer, since it reduces the amount collected. This phenomenon was studied in the 80 s and 90 s, but only in the last decade studies began to be carried out focusing on the Brazilian market. Thus, underpricing in the Brazilian market was observed in a sample composed of 30 IPO between the years 2010 and 2016, and to analyze the relationship of factors was applied to the cluster analysis allied to the Wilcoxon nonparametric test.