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Donkey Show (Fearless Blue)
All worlds
21 Feb 2011 05:01Link
Okay sim folk! Help me with some crapola that I'm havin trouble squeezing my brain matter around.
1. Yes more IPO questions, deal!! So there seem to be some good advantages to going public with your corps. The increased payments like a private corp, and the upgrades if you own less than 25%. So....
- 1a. Is it advantageous ,then, to go public with every corp you can? Why do I see players sitting on mostly state corps? If it's not universally beneficial, what are the criteria to decide if you should/should not go public?
- 1b. If the big advantages come from owning less than 25% of the stock shares; Why do I have the option to keep more than that and why would I want to use that option?
2. Nuclear juice! So I just built a nuclear power plant. I figured that compared to my regular "electric power" plant it would pump out unholy gobs of power. Nope. Electic company produces 25,000 and the nuclear com
1. Yes more IPO questions, deal!! So there seem to be some good advantages to going public with your corps. The increased payments like a private corp, and the upgrades if you own less than 25%. So....
- 1a. Is it advantageous ,then, to go public with every corp you can? Why do I see players sitting on mostly state corps? If it's not universally beneficial, what are the criteria to decide if you should/should not go public?
- 1b. If the big advantages come from owning less than 25% of the stock shares; Why do I have the option to keep more than that and why would I want to use that option?
2. Nuclear juice! So I just built a nuclear power plant. I figured that compared to my regular "electric power" plant it would pump out unholy gobs of power. Nope. Electic company produces 25,000 and the nuclear com
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Josias (Little Upsilon)
All worlds
21 Feb 2011 06:19Link
i'll tackle the IPO question
when a corp is state owned, the country receives 100% of the profits. when it is publicly owned, the country receives what ever % of the profits it owns of the % of shares. so when a country sells a % of the corp, it is selling a % of profits. controlling 25% (or 24.99%) gives yous 25% of the profits. the other 75% goes to the other share holders.
once the owner of the corp own less than 25% of the shares, the corp is able to upgrade to a base of 250, making it more profitable.
the concept, is that a corp at 250 base Q, with 75% TAX, pays the country more than a corp with 200 base Q and profit sharing...
so owning more shares than 25% is certainly possible. but you are kinda shooting yourself in the foot. you could, sell down to less than 25%, wait for it to upgrade, buy back some of the shares... but considering the cost in money, it probably would defeat the purpose. a
when a corp is state owned, the country receives 100% of the profits. when it is publicly owned, the country receives what ever % of the profits it owns of the % of shares. so when a country sells a % of the corp, it is selling a % of profits. controlling 25% (or 24.99%) gives yous 25% of the profits. the other 75% goes to the other share holders.
once the owner of the corp own less than 25% of the shares, the corp is able to upgrade to a base of 250, making it more profitable.
the concept, is that a corp at 250 base Q, with 75% TAX, pays the country more than a corp with 200 base Q and profit sharing...
so owning more shares than 25% is certainly possible. but you are kinda shooting yourself in the foot. you could, sell down to less than 25%, wait for it to upgrade, buy back some of the shares... but considering the cost in money, it probably would defeat the purpose. a
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Donkey Show (Fearless Blue)
All worlds
22 Feb 2011 00:34Link
Thanks for the help Josias. Your reply was informative as always. I didn't want to buy the extra coins to keep a CEO running, but the more I learn about public and private corps., the more I think I may have to.
I believe I have answered some of my own confusion about the nuclear power thing. I didn't understand why both types of power plants would have the same output. But as I think about it; I can sell the entire production to my own country at the lower nuclear prices, distribute what I need to my corps, then put the rest up for sale manually on the world market at the higher "electic power" prices. It isn't as automated as I was looking for, but I think it will be effective anyways.
I believe I have answered some of my own confusion about the nuclear power thing. I didn't understand why both types of power plants would have the same output. But as I think about it; I can sell the entire production to my own country at the lower nuclear prices, distribute what I need to my corps, then put the rest up for sale manually on the world market at the higher "electic power" prices. It isn't as automated as I was looking for, but I think it will be effective anyways.