Entrepreneurial equity financing and securities regulation: An empirical analysis

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-64

  Carpentier, Cécile ^a   Suret, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

entrepreneurial ventures; equity financing; reverse merger; securities regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856682197     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610383790     Document Type: Article

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