Going public to grow? Evidence from a panel of Italian firms

Small Business Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 387-407

  Carpenter, Robert E ^a   Rondi, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business groups and small firms; Firm growth; Going public; Initial public offerings; Italian stock markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751089584     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-005-4323-3     Document Type: Article

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