VC Board Representation and Performance of US IPOs

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 413-445

  Chahine, Salim ^a   Goergen, Marc ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Board membership; Chief executive officers; IPO premium; Underpricing; Venture capital; Voting power

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955876028     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2011.02240.x     Document Type: Article

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