A large number of new ventures in Germany are undertaken due to government aid. Withthe introduction of the “Ich-AG” or “me-plc” in January 2003, this share has increasedstrongly. Entrepreneurship research so far has said very little about the success and the determinantsof success of...

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), we analyze whethernecessity entrepreneurs differ from opportunity entrepreneurs in terms of self-employmentduration. Using univariate statistics, we find that opportunity entrepreneurs remain in selfemploymentlonger than necessity...