Corporate governance and investors' perceptions of foreign ipo value: An institutional perspective

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 301-320

  Bell, R Greg ^a   Filatotchev, Igor ^b   Aguilera, Ruth V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84899566330     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.0146     Document Type: Article

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