04144nam 22006494a 450 991044993550332120200520144314.01-280-25322-397866102532270-471-70852-6(CKB)1000000000244180(EBL)226418(OCoLC)133166627(SSID)ssj0000266147(PQKBManifestationID)11194596(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266147(PQKBWorkID)10300497(PQKB)10941618(MiAaPQ)EBC226418(Au-PeEL)EBL226418(CaPaEBR)ebr10114190(CaONFJC)MIL25322(EXLCZ)99100000000024418020040903d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrUsing investor relations to maximize equity valuation[electronic resource] /Thomas M. Ryan, Chad A. JacobsHoboken, N.J. John Wiley & Sonsc20051 online resource (290 p.)Wiley finance seriesIncludes index.0-471-67852-X Using Investor Relations to Maximize Equity Valuation; Contents; PREFACE A Brave New World of Investor Relations; INTRODUCTION A New Approach and Why It's Important; PART ONE Capital Markets and Their Players: A Brief Primer; CHAPTER 1 The Capital Markets and IR; CHAPTER 2 The Sell-Side Disclosed: Who They Are and What They Do; CHAPTER 3 The Buy-Side: Institutional and Retail Investors; CHAPTER 4 Employees, Suppliers, Customers; CHAPTER 5 The Media; PART TWO Post-Bubble Communications: Events in the Markets and the New World of IR; CHAPTER 6 Greed Is Good, '90's StyleCHAPTER 7 Of Rules and Regulations CHAPTER 8 Post-Bubble Reality; CHAPTER 9 Of Reason, Renewal, and Honesty; PART THREE Investor Relations-The Fundamentals: Traditional IR and the Need for Change; CHAPTER 10 Traditional IR: What It Is, and Why It's Not Enough; CHAPTER 11 Staffing and Sourcing the New IR; CHAPTER 12 Grasping the IR Evolution; PART FOUR Investor Relations-Maximizing Equity Value; CHAPTER 13 Positioning IR to Succeed; PART FIVE Definition; CHAPTER 14 The IR Audit; CHAPTER 15 Excavating Value Post-Audit; PART SIX Delivery; CHAPTER 16 To Guide or Not to Guide: That Is the QuestionCHAPTER 17 Targeting the Audience CHAPTER 18 Integrating with PR; CHAPTER 19 Infrastructure/Disclosure Check; CHAPTER 20 Delivering the Goods; PART SEVEN Dialogue; CHAPTER 21 From Delivery to Dialogue; CHAPTER 22 Maintaining and Building Relationships; CHAPTER 23 Meeting The Street; CHAPTER 24 Event Management; CHAPTER 25 The Banker Mentality; CONCLUSION A Call for Change; APPENDIX A Two Press Releases; APPENDIX B The Conference Call Script; APPENDIX C Velocity Inc. 2004 Investor Relations Plan; INDEXA practical guide to proactive investor relations (IR)Investor relations (IR) has traditionally been an administrative function within corporate communications, responsible for disseminating public information and answering investor and media questions. Using Investor Relations to Maximize Equity Valuation challenges this approach, by arguing that IR has been underutilized and then illustrating how it should be elevated to lead a strategic communications effort to preserve or enhance corporate value and lower a company's cost of capital. Divided into four comprehensive parts, this bookWiley finance series.CorporationsValuationCorporationsInvestor relationsInvestment analysisElectronic books.CorporationsValuation.CorporationsInvestor relations.Investment analysis.659.2/85Ryan Thomas M.1964-887649Jacobs Chad A.1964-887650MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449935503321Using investor relations to maximize equity valuation1982808UNINA