Cash crisis in newly public Internet-based firms: An empirical analysis

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 543-571

  Mudambi, Ram ^a   Treichel, Monica Zimmerman ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash crisis; Financial position; Internet based firms; Location; Top management team

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844347258     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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