Give everyone a prize? Employee stock options in private venture-backed firms

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-404

  Hand, John R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee stock options; Option grant depth; Private venture backed firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049117870     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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