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The introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022 by OpenAI has stimulated substantial discourse on the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in various domains such as academia, business, and society at large. Although AI has been utilized in numerous areas for several years, the emergence of generative AI (GAI) applications such as ChatGPT, Jasper, or DALL-E are considered a breakthrough for the acceleration of AI technology due to their ease of use, intuitive interface, and performance. With GAI, it is possible to create a variety of content such as texts, images, audio, code, and even videos. This creates a variety of implications for businesses requiring a deeper examination, including an influence on business model innovation (BMI). Therefore, this study provides a BMI perspective on GAI with two primary contributions: (1) The development of six comprehensive propositions outlining the impact of GAI on businesses, and (2) the discussion of three industry examples, specifically software engineering, healthcare, and financial services. This study employs a qualitative content analysis using a scoping review methodology, drawing from a wide-ranging sample of 513 data points. These include academic publications, company reports, and public information such as press releases, news articles, interviews, and podcasts. The study thus contributes to the growing academic discourse in management research concerning AI’s potential impact and offers practical insights into how to utilize this technology to develop new or improve existing business models.
Panacea for M&A dealmaking?
(2023)
We survey 129 investors from private equity firms, investment banks, corporate M&A and other M&A-related roles about their perception of earnouts. The results indicate that earnouts are applied to reduce information asymmetries and to bridge negative agreement zones in transactions. While these findings are largely aligned with the academic perspectives, we reveal several discrepancies to existing theory with respect to motives, valuation and associated costs. This is the first study that incorporates the view of M&A professionals and thus attempts to bridge the gap between academics and professionals. In addition, it provides impulses for further academic work on earnouts.
Same same but different
(2023)
Venture capital (VC) often involves complex equity contracts with so-called preferential rights affecting the allocation of exit proceeds among different share classes and investors. We structure exit-relevant preferential rights in a two-dimensional framework and develop a contingent claims model that allows for ex-ante valuation of separate shareholdings. The model generates insights on the valuation effects of varying setups in VC financing and indicates considerable mispricing potential of VC investments when applying commonly used heuristics such as the most recent funding round. Applying the model to a sample of ventures indicated an average ’overvaluation’ on a per-share basis of 26.7%, with common stocks and early-stage investments being the most affected. In addition, our analysis provides different implications regarding the effects of preferential right structuring for early and late stage investors.
Country risk
(2017)
Evaluating investments in international (and particularly in emerging) markets often leads to confusion and controversy among academics and practitioners. Various theories propose competing models, whereas practitioners build their own alternatives. Our study provides an assessment of the most widely used methods of assessing country risk and shows that practitioners should carefully choose their country risk model. Current models produce a wide range of cost of equity estimates that can considerably affect management decisions.
We measure the tax advantage of public firms over private firms, which operate at municipality level in the German household solid waste disposal industry. Public firms with sovereign duties pay no taxes, but equivalent private firms have to. In a simple risk-free setting, we develop a measure of the percentage difference of the charges of both types of firms demanded under their respective tax treatments. We model a cost-covering public firm and a net present value maximizing private firm. For sensible model parameters from the German waste disposal industry the private firm has to demand an about 16% to 18% higher charge. The by far biggest impact on the measure has the value added tax, with revenues as a much larger tax base than profits. Tax savings, which directly affect pre-tax profits, only alleviate the disadvantage bit. There is some evidence that at least one type of private firms—that is, private law firms that are also majority privately owned, are productive enough to overcome the tax advantage of public firms and be able to charge a lower price than public firms.
Das Center for Corporate Transactions & Private Equity (CCTPE) an der HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management ermittelt vierteljährlich Multiplikatoren, Betafaktoren und Eigenkapitalkosten für den deutschen Kapitalmarkt und stellt diese CORPORATE FINANCE zur Verfügung. Im Folgenden finden Sie die entsprechenden Daten zum Stichtag 15.07.2020.
Das Center for Corporate Transactions & Private Equity (CCTPE) an der HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management ermittelt vierteljährlich Multiplikatoren, Betafaktoren und Eigenkapitalkosten für den deutschen Kapitalmarkt und stellt diese CORPORATE FINANCE zur Verfügung. Im Folgenden finden Sie die entsprechenden Daten zum Stichtag 15.01.2021.
Das Center for Corporate Transactions & Private Equity (CCTPE) an der HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management ermittelt vierteljährlich Multiplikatoren, Betafaktoren und Eigenkapitalkosten für den deutschen Kapitalmarkt und stellt diese CORPORATE FINANCE zur Verfügung. Im Folgenden finden Sie die entsprechenden Daten zum Stichtag 15.04.2020.
Das Center for Corporate Transactions & Private Equity (CCTPE) an der HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management ermittelt vierteljährlich Multiplikatoren, Betafaktoren und Eigenkapitalkosten für den deutschen Kapitalmarkt und stellt diese CORPORATE FINANCE zur Verfügung. Im Folgenden finden Sie die entsprechenden Daten zum Stichtag 15.01.2020.