The role of venture capitalists in small and medium-sized enterprise initial public offerings: Evidence from China

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 619-643

  Jiang, Ping ^a   Cai, Charlie X ^b   Keasey, Kevin ^c   Wright, Mike ^d   Zhang, Qi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; small and medium sized enterprises financing; underpricing; VC backed IPO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907172472     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242613496262     Document Type: Article

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