Acquiring financial resources from foreign equity capital markets: An examination of factors influencing foreign initial public offerings

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 833-851

  Hursti, Jani ^a   Maula, Markku V J ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cross border venture capital; Foreign initial public offerings

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547195181     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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