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The Venture Corporation

Harvard Corporate Governance

Technological innovation is a powerful driving force for human advancement and welfare. Firms that launched as venture-backed startups dominate US capital markets in terms of market capitalization and proportional weight of leading market indexes, and significantly contribute to US job creation.

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Mega Grants: Why Would a Board Approve Nine-Figure CEO Pay?

Harvard Corporate Governance

In subsequent years, the CEOs of other large technology companies succeeding long-time founders—such as those of Microsoft and Alphabet—also received mega grants.

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AI technology, a serious threat for Alphabet?

Valutico

is an American tech conglomerate, operating in various industries, including technology, advertising, autonomous driving, entertainment, and many more. The company is one of the world’s largest companies with a market capitalization of $1.34 The post AI technology, a serious threat for Alphabet?

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The Seven Samurai: How Big Tech Rescued the Market in 2023!

Musings on Markets

First, let's look at the performance of these seven stocks in 2023, when their collective market capitalization increased by a staggering $5.1 In terms of dollar value added, Microsoft and Apple each added a trillion dollars to their market capitalizations, during the year. trillion during the course of the year.

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M&A Industry Trends: What sectors have the best-selling businesses?

Viking Mergers

Generally speaking, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are most common in the technology, healthcare, financial services, and retail sectors. Technology. Even with 2021’s widespread increase in activity across industries, the technology sector continued to dominate, setting records for volume and value. Healthcare.

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Agriculture Tech Biz's $147M SPAC Merger Is Scrapped

Law 360 M&A

and Boston-based agricultural technology company Freight Farms Inc. have nixed their merger plans that would have seen Freight Farms go public at a market capitalization of around $147 million. Miami-headquartered special purpose acquisition company Agrinam Acquisition Corp.

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BTCS Announces Bividend

Essentials of Corporate Finance

Blockchain technology company BTCS became the first Nasdaq-listed company to announce a " bividend." If you are not familiar with BTCS, the company has two full-time employees, a market capitalization of about $46 million, and hasn't shown a profit for the last four years.