Valuing university-based firms: The effects of academic affiliation on IPO performance

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 755-776

  Bonardo, Damiano ^a   Paleari, Stefano ^a   Vismara, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

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EID: 79960337550     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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