The benefits and costs of underwriters’ social capital in the US initial public offerings market

Strategic Organization

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-388

  Pollock, Timothy G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

embeddedness; initial public offering; markets; reputation; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993687283     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127004047618     Document Type: Article

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