Many entrepreneurs who close a business are actually willing to venture anew. However, to realize a restart is not only … restart, the aspect of capital acquisition might be particularly precarious for renascent entrepreneurs since business … yet only when losses are incurred by banks. Losses which are incurred privately by the entrepreneurs or by other …

Entrepreneurs are often faced with problems regarding start-up financing. But compared to novice entrepreneurs …, experienced entrepreneurs should have both more knowledge and better contacts, which should potentially reduce the occurrence of … entrepreneurs, who are of particular interest, the findings indicate that they cut back their financing demand and are more likely …

distinguish between different types of entry strategies. On the one hand, we look at entry strategies based on innovation. We … measure innovation by a variable which indicates if a firm carries out continuous R&D. On the other hand, entry is classified … entry strategies. The four main groups of entry strategies are independency entrepreneurship, opportunity entrepreneurship …

entrepreneur is therefore one of the main success factors for the firm. Yet entrepreneurs differ considerably in their background … percent of novice entrepreneurs who file for bankruptcy reestablish afterwards. On average, slightly more than 15 months will … elapse until such ‘fallen’ entrepreneurs venture out anew. They differ from entrepreneurs not willing or able to take a …

avoiding bankruptcy. Conclusions for entrepreneurship scholars, entrepreneurs and stakeholders are discussed. … that previously failed entrepreneurs are less likely to survive and, in common with entrepreneurs with mixed prior …

This paper examines the role of venture capital on a firm's innovation activities by using a data set of German … technology-based firms founded between 1996 and 2005. Innovation is proxied by patent counts and an index of innovativeness which …

We investigate whether appointing a middle management level affects startups’ innovation performance. Additional …

ones. -- New ventures ; internationalization ; innovation ; search strategies ; entrepreneurship … internationalization process. We contribute to this research stream by establishing theoretical links with the emerging open innovation … with regard to the effect of open innovation strategies on internationalization performance. Our results show that both the …

between technically trained founders and employees who have business skills. This suggests that the innovation potential of …