Testing a model of reasoned risk-taking: Governance, the experience of principals and agents, and global strategy in high-technology IPOs firms

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 803-820

  Carpenter, Mason A ^a   Pollock, Timothy G ^b   Leary, Myleen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; International entrepeneurship; International strategy; Top management teams

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS; RISK TAKING; RISKY VENTURES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0043011311     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.338     Document Type: Article

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