This paper starts with a review of the current literature identifying organizational and institutional forces affecting the decision to
go private. Several hypotheses are then developed and tested regarding the governance variables that might differ between corporations that went private before 2008 and those that engaged in the transition between 2008 and 2011.
Does corporate governance matter? A comparison of public-to-private transactions pre and post the economic crisis
Dell's decision to
go private will not change Purdue University's plans to purchase equipment from Dell, said Gerry McCartney, chief information officer at the university.
Customers to keep a close eye on Dell
Our results indicate that SOX increased the propensity of public firms to
go private, but that impact has been mitigated over time.
To be or not to be public: the impact of SOX
Lehn and Poulsen (1989), Denis (1992), and Opler and Yitman (1993) support the free cash flow hypothesis, while Servaes (1994) and Kieschnick (1998) argue that it cannot explain public firms' decisions to
go private. Weir and Laing (2002) and Weir, Laing, and Wright (2005a) investigate the United Kingdom and find no evidence of excess free cash flow in firms going private.
A competing risks analysis of corporate survival
Tribune had offered to buy 126 million shares at $34 per share as the first step in the deal -- led by Chicago real estate mogul Sam Zell -- to
go private through an ESOP (employee stock ownership plan).
Love Me Tender: Tribune Gets Big Response to Going-Private Offer
At Glasgow Royal Infirmary last week, I was told the maximum age limit was 38 years old and I would have to
go private."
Why couldn't I have the same chance as her? EXCLUSIVE ROSEANN'S JOY AFTER ADDICT DAUGHTER HAS TWINS ON THE NHS PAULINE AND JAMIE'S STORY
I don't know how I'll pay for it if I have to
go private."
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Rather than putting up with Sarbox, CEOs of smaller public companies are tempted to
go private or stay private.
Keep up the heat on Sarbox
Conservative plans to subsidise the operations of patients who opt to leave the NHS and
go private would be illegal, Health Secretary John Reid claimed yesterday.
Tory NHS plan 'illegal
(1) Another study noted that the number of public companies that have announced plans to
go private increased by more than 30% in the five fiscal quarters since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as compared to the same period prior to its passage.
Going private in Canada--a growing trend?
BRITAIN'S top universities will
go private to avoid government targets on admitting state school pupils, academics have predicted.
Student intake row leads to warning
These people, the Plaid Cymru, the NHS Trust, the doctors, are clearly in denial, do they honestly not see whether abortions
go private or NHS, an abortion kills a fellow human being?
Abortion toll
The Bedford Heights company will ask shareholders to approve the motion to
go private at its annual meeting in April.
Ohio public company going private to avoid SOX?
"Since the introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the median size of announced going-private transactions [has more than halved], from $81 million to $39 million, and the number of proposed buyouts involving the management team as the method chosen to
go private has increased approximately 80 percent," Grant Thornton said.
REPORT: SMALLER PUBLIC FIRMS ARE GOING PRIVATE
The Washington (D.C.) Suburban Sanitary Commission discusses whether to
go private and become a regulated utility.
Balance Sheet