Discovering valuable growth opportunities: An analysis of equity alliances with IPO firms

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 202-215

  Reuer, Jeffrey J ^a   Tong, Tony W ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Initial public offerings; Real options theory; Search; Strategic alliances; Value of growth options

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953700360     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0397     Document Type: Article

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