Technical specialized knowledge and secondary shares in initial public offerings

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1670-1687

  Junkunc, Marc T ^a   Eckhardt, Jonathan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Founder exit; IPOs; Secondary shares; Specialized knowledge; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FOUNDER EXIT; IPOS; SECONDARY SHARES; SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE; VENTURE CAPITAL;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 70350309526     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1051     Document Type: Article

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