Constructing deal networks: Brokers as network "architects" in the U.S. IPO market and other examples

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-72

  Pollock, Timothy G ^a   Porac, Joseph F ^b   Wade, James B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0942268047     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2004.11851710     Document Type: Review

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