Initial public offerings and the acquisition of entrepreneurial firms

Strategic Organization

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-176

  Ragozzino, Roberto ^a   Reuer, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse selection; entrepreneurship; IPO; M A; small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993767820     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127007079139     Document Type: Article

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