A comparison of revenue growth at recent-IPO and established firms: The influence of SG&A, R&D and COGS

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-61

  Lévesque, Moren ^a   Joglekar, Nitin ^b   Davies, Jane ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical analysis; IPO versus established firms; Resource allocation; Revenue growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555222820     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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