The effects of demand, competitive, and technological uncertainty on board monitoring and institutional ownership of IPO firms

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-259

  Kor, Yasemin Y ^a   Mahoney, Joseph T ^b   Watson, Sharon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance; Initial public offerings; Institutional investors; Uncertainty; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349121519     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-008-9047-8     Document Type: Article

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