Governance, ownership structure, and performance of IPO firms: The impact of different types of private equity investors and institutional environments

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 491-509

  Bruton, Garry D ^a   Filatotchev, Igor ^b   Chahine, Salim ^c   Wright, Mike ^d,e  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Business angel; Institutional theory; Legal institutions; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

AGENCY THEORY; CONTEXTUALIZE; DATA SETS; ENDOGENEITY; INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE; PERFORMANCE EFFECT; PRIVATE EQUITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VENTURE CAPITAL; VENTURE CAPITALISTS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 77952172617     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.822     Document Type: Article

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