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How does firm survival differ between business takeovers and new venture start-ups?
Xi, Guoqian; Block, Jörn; Lasch, Frank C.; Robert, Frank; … - 2017
Focusing on entrepreneurship entry modes, we investigate two research questions regarding firm survival: how does the survival probability differ between business takeovers and new venture start-ups? And how do the determinants of survival differ between the two entry modes? Using a large French...
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The value of publicly available, textual and non-textual information for startup performance prediction
Kaiser, Ulrich; Kuhn, Johan M. - 2020
startup characteristics to forecast the performance of newly started enterprises over a five years' time horizon. The … predict startup performance with either high or very high accuracy with the exception of high returns on assets where … derived from the BPS texts while an accurate prediction of startup survival and high employment growth needs the combination …
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Gender differences in business performance : evidence from the characteristics of business owners survey
Fairlie, Robert W. (contributor);  … - 2008
than male-owned businesses because they have less startup capital, and business human capital acquired through prior work …
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Entrepreneurship and survival dynamics of immigrants to the US and their descendants
Georgarakos, Dimitris (contributor);  … - 2007
Many studies have explored the determinants of entering into entrepreneurship and the differences in self-employment rates across racial and ethnic groups. However, very little is known about the survival in entrepreneurship of immigrants to the U.S. and their descendants. Employing data from...
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The advantage of experienced start-up founders in venture capital acquisition : evidence from serial entrepreneurs
Zhang, Junfu (contributor) - 2007
Existing literature suggests that entrepreneurs with prior firm-founding experience have more skills and social connections than novice entrepreneurs. Such skills and social connections could give experienced founders some advantage in the process of raising venture capital. This paper uses a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003632107
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A study of academic entrepreneurs using venture capital data
Zhang, Junfu (contributor) - 2007
Academic entrepreneurship has become an increasingly important channel through which universities contribute to economic development. This paper studies academic entrepreneurs using a comprehensive venture capital database. I find that about two-thirds of the academic entrepreneurs locate their...
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Survival, growth, and interfirm collaboration of start-up companies in high-technology industries : a case study of Upper Bavaria
Hampe, Johannes; Steininger, Martin - 2001
differ between the analysed high-tech industries. Cooperation between start-up firms can be interpreted as a kind of mutual …
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Entrepreneurial choices of initial human capital endowments and new venture success
Rocha, Vera; Praag, Mirjam van; Folta, Timothy B.; … - 2016
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 consequences of a founder's choice of the initial...
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High-growth entrepreneurship
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Kim, Mee Jung; Lee, … - 2018
. Controlling for start-up capital raises the high-growth probability of firms founded by women, minorities, immigrants, veterans …
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Self-efficacy and entrepreneurial performance of start-ups
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander; Rodríguez, Daniel; … - 2023
the personality characteristic of generalized self-efficacy influences start-up performance as measured by a broad set of … business outcomes up to 19 months after business creation. Outcomes include start-up survival and entrepreneurial income, as … important positive effects of high scores of self-efficacy on start-up survival and entrepreneurial income, which become even …
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