Sequential divestiture through initial public offerings

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-266

  Reuer, Jeffrey J ^a   Shen, Jung Chin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Initial public offering; M A; Private firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842812531     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2003.06.003     Document Type: Article

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