This paper examines the capital structure of 117 new technology-based firms in the Irish software sector. In apparent contradiction to the pecking order hypothesis (POH), most external finance is private equity, and debt ...
We address the venture capital financing issue from the firm's perspective. Using
survey data for 110 new technology-based firms (NTBFs) in the Irish software sector, we assess
the extent to which five human capital and ...
This Report estimates the cost of capital for the recently formed Dublin Airport Authority (DAA). To implement the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) approach to estimating DAA's cost of capital, it is necessary to ...
We use bivariate ARCH specifications to model the conditional mean and stock price volatility
for 56 takeover bids from January 1985 and July 1994. Using daily data from one year prior to the
takeover announcement until ...
Using a sample of 117 Irish software companies, we examine the capital structure of new technology-based firms. Consistent with the findings on financing for other small businesses, internal funds are the most important ...