Global Journal of Research in Management

Drashti Shah ¹

Affiliations
1 S. R. Luthra Institute of Management, Surat, IN

Abstract

The Indian economy is growing at a very fast growth rate. Within the Asian region it is the second fastest economy and has become the investment center for the large global companies and countries. With a robust currency and a consistent growing GDP the buying power of the people has increased as well as the credit cycle has elongated. This research aims at discovering comparison of short term performance of IPOs issued in the Indian market during 2004 to 2008. Descriptive Statistics like Mean, Median and Standard deviation and Krushkal- Wallis test and Mann Whitney U test have been used for comparison of IPOs based on their IPOs issue size, based on their sector, based on type of ownership, based on type of activity period and based on year of issuance. Evidence is found that, performance is not influenced by offer size, sector, ownership and timing of issue. Whereas, influenced by Year of issuance.

Keywords

Indian IPO, Offer Price, Issue Size, Ownership Structure, Sector

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