Going public with public money
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Albert N. Link, Professor (Creator)
- Martijn Van Hasselt, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: We analyze what we consider to be an unanticipated consequence of the SBIR program, namely, that firms, publicly funded through the SBIR program, are going public based on their new technology developed with support from the SBIR program. There is a conspicuous void with regard to publicly funded firms that do go public. Through the estimation of a qualitative choice model, we identify firm and project characteristics that are associated with an increased likelihood of a firm making (or planning to make) an initial public offering (IPO).
Going public with public money
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Small Business Economics 57, 1419–1426
- Language: English
- Date: 2021
- Keywords
- IPO, SBIR program, technology, program evaluation, public sector