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Le second marche boursier : 1983-1988: evolution et perspectives

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Jan. 1, 1990

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Rennes 1

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Abstract EN:

The second market was created to accomodate medium-sized companies in search of capital. The first part of this study examines the situation of small and medium-sized companies confronted with difficulties in balancing their finances over the last few years. After a survery of the previous inadequacies and drawbacks of the french stock market, the second market is shown to be a solution well adapted to the needs of small and medium-sized firms. The second chapter of this first part analyzes the mechanism of introducing shares to the market, and describes the economic and financial preparation of the company before quotation, as well as the introduction procedures tehmselves. Finally it examines the consequences of quotation on the life of the company, its information and distribution policies, and the liquidity of the stock market. . . The second part attempts to analyze the profiles of a sample of companies quoted on the second market, in the first chapter, and to establish a typology. The second chapter underlines the second market's contribution to the reinforcement of stock capital among companies quoted, and analyzes the malfunctions of this market : insufficient liquidity, a few mediocre performers among the companies, poor distribution of information. . . The stock market crisis of october 1987 affected the second market more severely than the other areas of the stock market, but has in reality brought in its wake an essential examination of the corrections necessary to ensure the continuation of satisfactory development.

Abstract FR:

Le second marche a ete cree pour accueillir des entreprises de taille moyenne en quete de fonds propres. La premiere partie de ce travail s'est interessee tout d'abord a la situation des petites et moyennes entreprises confrontees aux problemes d'equilibre financiers au cours de ces dernieres annees. Ensuite apres un rappel des lacunes anterieures et des freins du marche boursier francais, le second marche est presente comme une solution bien adaptee aux petites et moyennes entreprises. Le deuxieme chapitre de cette premiere partie analyse les mecanismes d'une introduction, en mettant notamment l'accent sur la preparation economique et financiere de l'entreprise avant sa cotation, mais egalement sur les procedures d'introduction. Enfin les consequences d'une cotation sur la vie de l'entreprise : politique d'information et de distribution, la liquidite du marche du titre,. . . La deuxieme partie essaie, dans son premier chapitre, d'analyser le profil d'un echantillon d'entreprises cotees au second marche et d'en dresser une typologie. Le second chapitre, tout en mettant l'accent sur la contribution de ce marche au renforcement des fonds propres des entreprises cotees, analyse les dysfonctionnements de ce marche : insuffisante liquidite, quelques societes de qualite mediocre, mauvaise diffusion des informations. . . La crise boursiere d'octobre 1987 qui a touche plus durement le second marche que les autres compartiments de la bourse aura en realite permis une reflexion sur les corrections necessaires pour assurer la poursuite d'un developpement satisfaisant.