Market-to-revenue multiples in public and private capital markets

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-57

  Armstrong, Christopher S ^a   Davila, Antonio ^b   Foster, George ^c   Hand, John R M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b IESE ^*  (Spain)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

internet companies; market to revenue multiple; price sales ratio; private companies; public companies; transitory revenue; venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953745328     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: 13272020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0312896211401682     Document Type: Article

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