Does family involvement foster IPO value? Empirical analysis on Italian stock market

Management Decision

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1125-1154

  Cirillo, Alessandro ^a   Romano, Mauro ^b   Ardovino, Otello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c Italian Communications Authority   (Italy)

Author keywords

Familism; Family firm governance; Family involvement; Governance; IPO performance; IPO value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931062643     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-11-2014-0639     Document Type: Article

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