Description: In 1984, Eric Dobkin was working for Goldman Sachs (GS), selling stocks to professional money managers, when he was handed an assignment: The bank ranked a lowly ninth in underwriting new stock offerings. Fix it.

Source: Businessweek.com

Date: May 15, 2014

Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-05-15/eric-dobkin-father-of-the-modern-ipo#r=hpt-ls

Questions for discussion:

• Summarize the way IPOs are handled today, according to the article.
• Evaluate the issues and complaints surrounding this method?