Challenges of the privatization process: The Case of TIBA Motors Corporation

This case study illustrates the issues regarding the initial public offer (IPO) of TIBA, an auto manufacturing company. Iran had recently initiated a privatization program. TIBA, the second leading company in the Iranian auto industry,was privatized in a vague and non-competitive manner. The directo...

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Main Authors: Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza, Shahabi, Alireza, Naysary, Babak
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Language:English
Published: Management Centre, IIUM 2012
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spelling iium-325722013-11-06T08:01:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32572/ Challenges of the privatization process: The Case of TIBA Motors Corporation Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza Shahabi, Alireza Naysary, Babak HD28 Management. Industrial Management This case study illustrates the issues regarding the initial public offer (IPO) of TIBA, an auto manufacturing company. Iran had recently initiated a privatization program. TIBA, the second leading company in the Iranian auto industry,was privatized in a vague and non-competitive manner. The directors of TIBA abused the Direct Benefits of Control (DBC) and exploited the existing information asymmetry in the market to take for themselves a massive block of TIBA shares through an investment company jointly set up by TIBA and a private sector company governed by TIBA directors. This IPO and the manner in which the investment companies were financed remain controversial. This study attempts to analyze this process and highlights its pitfalls. Management Centre, IIUM 2012-12-29 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32572/1/Case_Tiba.pdf Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza and Shahabi, Alireza and Naysary, Babak (2012) Challenges of the privatization process: The Case of TIBA Motors Corporation. IIUM Journal of Case Studies in Management, 3 (2). pp. 32-36. ISSN 2180-2327
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Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza
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Naysary, Babak
Challenges of the privatization process: The Case of TIBA Motors Corporation
description This case study illustrates the issues regarding the initial public offer (IPO) of TIBA, an auto manufacturing company. Iran had recently initiated a privatization program. TIBA, the second leading company in the Iranian auto industry,was privatized in a vague and non-competitive manner. The directors of TIBA abused the Direct Benefits of Control (DBC) and exploited the existing information asymmetry in the market to take for themselves a massive block of TIBA shares through an investment company jointly set up by TIBA and a private sector company governed by TIBA directors. This IPO and the manner in which the investment companies were financed remain controversial. This study attempts to analyze this process and highlights its pitfalls.
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author Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza
Shahabi, Alireza
Naysary, Babak
author_facet Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza
Shahabi, Alireza
Naysary, Babak
author_sort Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza
title Challenges of the privatization process: The Case of TIBA Motors Corporation
title_short Challenges of the privatization process: The Case of TIBA Motors Corporation
title_full Challenges of the privatization process: The Case of TIBA Motors Corporation
title_fullStr Challenges of the privatization process: The Case of TIBA Motors Corporation
title_full_unstemmed Challenges of the privatization process: The Case of TIBA Motors Corporation
title_sort challenges of the privatization process: the case of tiba motors corporation
publisher Management Centre, IIUM
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/32572/
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