This paper makes two contributions to research on the new entrepreneurial finance context
of equity crowdfunding. First, we compare its regulation around the world and discuss how …

This paper discusses the literature on delisting, drawing on USA and international evidence.
Given the great heterogeneity in delisting operations, we first consider the standard existing …

This paper studies the combined effect of affiliation with prestigious universities,
underwriters, and venture capitalists on the valuation of biotech ventures at IPO and their …

Entrepreneurial finance literature is largely segmented. Different streams of the academic
literature between entrepreneurship and finance have become segmented for reasons of …

Purpose Since 2018, there has been a resurgence in initial public offering (IPO) pricing
studies. The authors aim to consolidate the knowledge and explore current dynamics …

Trademarks differ in breadth and can cover a wide range of categories of goods and
services. We draw on real options theory and argue that greater trademark breadth …

Abstract Research Question/Issue Using a unique hand‐collected dataset, this study
examines the role of chief executive officer (CEO) educational attainments in relation to …

This paper aims to analyse the impact of firms' corporate governance characteristics on the
degree of first-day returns (ie, underpricing) in the Italian initial public offering (IPO) market …

Building on agency and resource dependence theories, we study the relationship between
the value of initial public offerings and the extent of board independence, which we find to …

This paper studies the impact of regulation on IPO markets using historical data. Regulatory
interventions have different effects on the development of public equity markets under …