There is an ongoing debate on why female entrepreneurs face greater challenges than their male counterparts do in …

. Therefore, failure conveys ambiguous information about skill. We predict that investors will discount entrepreneurs that … of failure into luck and skill. Our results indicate that investors discount entrepreneurs who have experienced failure …

Research shows that most ventures fail, yet it has devoted limited attention to the consequences of entrepreneurs' past …. Therefore, failure conveys ambiguous information about skill. We predict that investors will discount entrepreneurs that … of failure into luck and skill. Our results indicate that investors discount entrepreneurs who have experienced failure …

their returns critically in order to identify unproductive entrepreneurs, but to be tolerant regarding existing links to … entrepreneurs in order not to terminate profitable relations because of minor productivity drops. However, it is optimal for an …