Foreign IPO capital market choice: Understanding the institutional fit of corporate governance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 914-937

  Moore, Curt B ^a   Bell, R Greg ^b   Filatotchev, Igor ^c,d   Rasheed, Abdul A ^e  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

choice; foreign; governance; IPO; market

Indexed keywords

CHOICE; FOREIGN; GOVERNANCE; IPO; MARKET;

INDUSTRY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84862897756     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.1953     Document Type: Article

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