Socioemotional wealth and IPO underpricing of family firms

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 751-760

  Leitterstorf, Max P ^a   Rau, Sabine B ^a  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

behavioral agency model; family firm; IPO; socioemotional wealth; underpricing

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

ECONOMIC GAINS; FAMILY FIRMS; IPO; IPO UNDERPRICING; PERCENTAGE POINTS; REFERENCE POINTS; SOCIOEMOTIONAL WEALTH; UNDERPRICING;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84898869369     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2236     Document Type: Article

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