. More information including estimates of recent trends in business ownership and performance (e.g. survival rates, sales …

startup characteristics to forecast the performance of newly started enterprises over a five years' time horizon. The … performance outcomes we consider are involuntary exit, above-average employment growth, a return on assets of above 20 percent … predict startup performance with either high or very high accuracy with the exception of high returns on assets where …

, performance and R&D investment. This study attempts to identify determinants of provision of credit guarantees and estimate their … effects on firms R&D expenditures. The relationship between duration of credit and firm's survival and performance is also …

The founder (team)'s human capital is a vital determinant of future firm performance. This is a stylized fact. Less is … known about the effect of the human capital of the initial workforce hired by the founder(s). We study the performance …