entrepreneurship financing and economic development
public flotation
An initial public offer or offering (IPO) occurs when a company issues common stock to the general investing public for the first time. An IPO is a pivotal event, because it provides the first opportunity for a stock market to react to the publicly available information about a company's competitive strategies. [Source: Encyclopedia of New Venture Management; Initial Public Offering]
initial public offering
international finance
shares (finance)
concepts
raising capital
stocks (finance)