The effects of venture capital syndicate diversity on earnings management and performance of IPOs in the US and UK: An institutional perspective

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-192

  Chahine, Salim ^a   Arthurs, Jonathan D ^b   Filatotchev, Igor ^c,d,e   Hoskisson, Robert E ^f  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^e Rice University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflicts of interest; Earnings management; Initial public offerings; Institutions; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855470733     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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