What Are Firms? Evolution from Birth to Public Companies
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- Kaplan, Steven & Strömberg, Per & Sensoy, Berk, 2005. "What are Firms? Evolution from Birth to Public Companies," CEPR Discussion Papers 5224, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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JEL classification:
- L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
- G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2005-09-11 (Business Economics)
- NEP-COM-2005-09-11 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-ENT-2005-09-11 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-FIN-2005-09-11 (Finance)
- NEP-TID-2005-09-11 (Technology and Industrial Dynamics)
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