Background Note | HBS Case Collection | 1993 (Revised from original version)

Securities Law and Public Offerings

by Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Abstract

Describes the relevant securities laws which pertain to the public offering of securities, as well as the business issues and process of a public offering.

Keywords: Laws and Statutes; Capital Markets; Initial Public Offering; Public Administration Industry;

Citation:

Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "Securities Law and Public Offerings." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-165, March 1993. (Revised from original June 1984 version.)