Advantages and Disadvantages of a Private Company Going Public Mostly summarized from articles at Investopedia website. An initial public offering (IPO) is the first sale of stock by a private company, thereby becoming a public corporation. Private companies wanting to grow their company often use an IPO as a way to generate the capital (investment money) needed to expand. … Before deciding whether or not to go public through an IPO, a private company must evaluate all of the potential advantages and disadvantages. The decision is usually made during initial talks with the investment bank the company has hired. Investment banks that manage IPOs can make substantial profits from fees and partial ownership. … The main advantages for the company is as a public corporation it becomes larger and usually more profitable. The capital raised by an IPO can be used to fund such things as buying factory equipment, research and development, and paying off existing debt. Becoming public incre...
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Mostly summarized from Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Economics, 5th Ed. PART 6 The Economics of Labor Markets Chapter 18 of 36 The Markets for the Factors of Production Section 14 of 20 … Figure 4 - Equilibrium in a Labor Market Like all prices the price of labor, the wage, depends on supply and demand. Because the demand curve reflects the value of the marginal product of labor, at equilibrium workers receive the value of their marginal contribution to the production of goods and services. … Table 1 Value of marginal product of labor, column 4 · as additional workers are hired, column 1 · marginal product of labor declines, column 3 Each additional worker adds less to volume of production. The two main determinates of wages in competitive labor markets are · the wage adjusts to balance supply and demand for labor · the wage equals the value of marginal product of labor … Figure 4 shows the labor market in equilibrium. When the market is in equilibrium · wage and quantity of l...
Mostly summarized from Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Economics, 5th Ed. PART 6 The Economics of Labor Markets Chapter 18 of 36 The Markets for the Factors of Production Section 13 of 20 … Trade-off between working and leisure hours Per Figure A at $20 per hour wage: When younger this person is on labor-supply curve S, desires to work 40 hours. When close to retirement this person is on curve S1, values leisure time higher and desires to work only 25 hours This person would work 40 hours only if wage was at least $30. …. One of the Ten Principles of Economics, #1: people face trade-offs. Probably no trade-off is more important in a person's life than the trade-off between work and leisure. The more hours you spend working, the fewer hours you have for leisure activities. The trade-off between labor and leisure is key to the labor supply curve, why it slopes upward. … Another of the Ten Principles of Economics, #2: the cost of something is what you give up to get it. If you give...
Mostly summarized from Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Economics, 5th Ed. PART 6 The Economics of Labor Markets Chapter 18 of 36 The Markets for the Factors of Production Section 12 of 20 Consider three factors that cause the Figure 3 demand curve for labor to shift. -1- Unit Price -2- Technological Progress -3 - Supply of Other Factors … -2- Technological Progress Between 1960 and 2000 the amount of output a typical U.S. worker produced in an hour rose by 2.4 times. The most important reason for the increase is technological progress. Technological progress raises the marginal product of labor, with a new machine each worker can produce more. This increases the demand for labor, which means the demand curve for labor shifts to the right per Figure 3a. … Technological progress can also decrease labor demand. A new machine in a factory often results in fewer workers needed to produce the amount of product demanded from the company. In this case the demand curve for labor shifts t...
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Fumiko Scot's information: Weight at 163 pounds, got to 160 pounds five years ago and have recently been bouncing between 163 and 170. Common sense ways to lose and keep off weight are eat right and light and get lots of exercise. Main exercise is walking, do 1~2 miles most days. Over career worked as a salesman in the steelmaking, fasteners, and auto manufacturing industries, lots of travel in U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Japan. Have visited every U.S. city with a major league, MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, sports team except Sacramento, have gotten as close as Travis Air Force Base. Often traveled on Sundays, much time on the road so could not eat right and get enough exercise so got heavy, up to 200 lbs. Was on commission and made enough to retire early, now eat right and light, get enough exercise. Now am spending most time reading and writing. Our Wick branch goes back to the brother of owner of the Wick House at Morristown National Historical Park in Morristown New Jersey, and on back t...
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“The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.” - William James “All experience has shown mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.” - Thomas Jefferson “Wherever good fortune enters, envy lays siege and attacks it. And when it departs, sorrow and repentance remain behind.” - Leonardo da Vinci “Struggle is the indispensable accompaniment of progress. If men were entirely social, man would stagnate. A certain alloy of individualism and competition is required to make the human species survive and grow. Without qualities of an unsocial kind men might have led an Arcadian shepherd life in complete harmony, contentment, and mutual love. But in that case all their talents wou...