Conflicts of interest and the performance of venturecapital-backed ipos: A preliminary look at the uk

Venture Capital

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 325-349

  Espenlaub, Susanne ^a   Garrett, Ian ^a   Mun, Wei Peng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flotation; Initial public offering (IPO); Underwriting; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011171971     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136910699295848     Document Type: Article

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