Smart money? The impact of having top venture capital investors and underwriters backing a venture?

Venture Capital

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 309-326

  Lange, Julian E ^a   Bygrave, William ^a   Nishimoto, Sakura ^a   Roedel, James ^a   Stock, Walter ^a  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Initial Public Offering; Internet; Investment Bank; Market Capitalization; Software; Underpricing; Underwriter; Venture Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011154611     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060110037129     Document Type: Article

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