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1、Thepath-to-profitabilityofInternetIPOfirmsBharat;Narayanan;OmeshAbstractExtantempiricalevidenceindicatesthattheproportionoffirmsgoingpublicpriortoachievingprofitabilityhasbeenincreasingovertime.Thisphenomenonislargelydrivenbyanincreaseintheproportionoftechnologyfirmsgoingpublic.Sincethereisc
2、onsiderableuncertaintyregardingthelong-termeconomicviabilityofthesefirmsatthetimeofgoingpublic,identifyingfactorsthatinfluencetheirabilitytoattainkeypost-IPOmilestonessuchasachievingprofitabilityrepresentsanimportantareaofresearch.Weemployatheoreticalframeworkbuiltaroundagencyandsignalingcon
3、siderationstoidentifyfactorsthatinfluencetheprobabilityandtimingofpost-IPOprofitabilityofInternetIPOfirms.WeestimateCoxProportionalHazardsmodelstotestwhetherfactorsidentifiedbyourtheoreticalframeworksignificantlyimpacttheprobabilityofpost-IPOprofitabilityasafunctionoftime.Wefindthattheprobab
4、ilityofpost-IPOprofitabilityincreaseswithpre-IPOinvestordemandandchangeinownershipattheIPOofthetopofficersanddirectors.Ontheotherhand,theprobabilityofpost-IPOprofitabilitydecreaseswiththeventurecapitalparticipation,proportionofoutsidersontheboard,andpre-marketvaluationuncertainty.Keywords:?I
5、nitialpublicofferings,Internetfirms,Path-to-profitability,Hazardmodels,Survival1.ExecutivesummaryTherehasbeenanincreasingtendencyforfirmstogopubliconthebasisofapromiseofprofitabilityratherthanactualprofitability.Further,thisphenomenonislargelydrivenbytheincreaseintheproportionoftechnologyfir
6、msgoingpublic.Theriskofpost-IPOfailureisparticularlyhighforunprofitablefirmsasshiftsininvestorsentimentleadingtonegativemarketperceptionsregardingtheirprospectsorunfavorablefinancingenvironmentscouldleadtoashutdownofexternalfinancingsourcestherebyimperilingfirmsurvival.Therefore,theactualacc
7、omplishmentofpost-IPOprofitabilityrepresentsanimportantmilestoneinthecompany'sevolutionsinceitsignalsthelong-termeconomicviabilityofthefirm.Whiletheextantresearchinentrepreneurshiphasfocusedonfactorsinfluencingtheabilityofentrepreneurialfirmstoatta
