Accountancy: Faculty Publications
The Law of Unintended Consequences: The Effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Venture Funding of Smaller Enterprises
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2004
Publication Title
Journal of Private Equity
DOI
10.3905/jpe.2004.450955
ISSN
2168-8508
Abstract
This article describes how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 may adversely impact venture funding of smaller enterprises (SMEs). We suggest that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 may in fact result in a less attractive economic environment for SMEs and their private equity investors.
Recommended Citation
Fletcher, Leslie B., Morgan P. Miles.
2004.
"The Law of Unintended Consequences: The Effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Venture Funding of Smaller Enterprises."
Journal of Private Equity, 8 (1): 70-75.
doi: 10.3905/jpe.2004.450955
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/account-facpubs/78
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