Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the survival of university spin-offs (USOs) in Spain. First, the … survival rates of USOs are compared with those of a group of similar firms. Second, the firm-specific characteristics of … firm-specific characteristics and patent activity. The survival rates of both USOs and non-USOs are described first, and …

fare even worse, because of its low levels of achievement on accepted national goals for the survival, development and …

important predictor of the likelihood of survival and of survival time. The paper finds that the likelihood of survival also … depends on firm size, pre-split firm returns, and the post-split share price level. The paper finds that post-split survival …

survival and the probability that an entrepreneur starts employing personnel and maintains as an employer for a longer period …

firm growth, survival, size and age. While these studies have resulted in findings that aresufficiently consistent as to … therelationships between firm age and size on the one hand, and survival and growth on the other may, infact, not be the same in …. The resultssuggest that the most fundamental relationships between firm size, age, survival and growth arestrikingly …