An Empirical Study of the Impact of CEO Characteristics on New Firms' Time to IPO

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-184

  Yang, Qin ^a   Zimmerman, Monica ^b   Jiang, Crystal ^c  

^a ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79953077094     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2011.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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