We survey chief financial officers (CFOs) from 12 European countries regarding the
determinants of going public and exchange listing decisions. Most CFOs identify enhanced …

We examine the impact of international venture capital investors on private firm success
spanning 81 countries over the years 1995–2010. The data examined indicate that, relative …

This study draws on the notion of entrepreneurial orientation-as-experimentation to
investigate the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and firm failure. For the …

Six months after he founded Netscape, Clark agitated for the company to go public. The
company had few revenues, no profits, and a lot of new employees. No one else inside the …

One of the primary goals of a firm going public is to create a greater visibility to investors in
general. Using a sample of 809 IPOs from 2001–2010, we empirically examine and find that …

ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue We examine the effect of government equity
investment on the dollar value of entrepreneurial exits spanning 50 countries over the years …

Purpose This study aims to explore the motives behind the company's decision to go public
in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts the explanatory sequential …

This paper offers insight into the question of why only few companies go public in
Continental Europe. By comparing the Italian and the London Stock Exchange, we draw …

O presente estudo investigou as percepções dos executivos financeiros (CFO) sobre as
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) no Brasil, replicando grande parte da pesquisa de Brau, Ryan …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to see if market timing predicts the first reporting of
earnings performance after the issue, ie the issue-year earnings performance. Furthermore …