The early years are a particularly hazardous period for new ventures. This paper focuses on the survival of international new ventures (INVs), approaching the question from an empirical point of view. It is pointed out that the choice of an INV strategy is endogenous, in the sense the firms...

Does multinationality affect the initial public offering (IPO) performance of entrepreneurial firms? Theoretical arguments can be made for a positive effect of multinationality as well for a negative effect. We examine this question empirically by analyzing IPO data for 240 U.K. firms. We find...