Practitioners' perspectives on the IPO process and the perils of flotation

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 671-692

  Burton, Bruce ^a   Helliar, Christine ^a   Power, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Initial Public Offering; Share returns; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845225389     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13518470500460038     Document Type: Review

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