The factors that investment bankers take into account when pricing IPO firms are examined.Following a review of the literature on investment bankers and the initial public offering process, it is hypothesized that larger, older firms with sizable, prestigious boards, pre-IPO profitability, and...

Building on research from multiple fields, management and entrepreneurship scholars have shown increasing interest in the causes and consequences of initial public offerings (IPOs). We summarize this emerging literature and categorize research on IPOs into four broad themes: corporate...

We rely on organizational learning theory and strategic momentum research to examine the international merger and acquisition (Mamp;A) activities of a sample of Samp;P 500 firms. We hypothesize that the learning associated with a firm's prior acquisition experience increases the likelihood the...

Until the mid-1990s, the study of initial public offerings (IPOs) fell mainly under the purview of the finance literature. Within the last 10 years, however, management and entrepreneurship scholars have delved more into this subject area, as well. This article summarizes research examining IPO...