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Human Capital, Management Quality, and the Exit Decisions of Entrepreneurial Firms
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Human Capital, Management Quality, and the Exit Decisions of Entrepreneurial Firms

Shan He and C. Wei Li
Journal of financial and quantitative analysis, Vol.51(4), pp.1269-1295
08/01/2016
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109016000363

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Abstract

We model the employee incentive problem jointly with a firm's exit decision. Our model predicts that firms in industries where human capital is important are more likely to go public and use high-powered, stock-based compensation. We also show that the higher the management quality, the more likely a firm is to go public than to be acquired. Regarding life cycle, a firm with high capital intensity and/or high management quality will choose to go public at a younger age.
Business & Economics Business, Finance Economics Social Sciences

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