Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/25610 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Jena Economic Research Papers No. 2007,045
Publisher: 
Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
We examine whether founders’ backgrounds influence new firm survival in the early years after start-up. We develop hypotheses linking founders’ back-grounds to pre-entry capabilities associated with entrepreneurial human capital, highlighting the cases of spin-offs and habitual entrepreneurs. The subject of unemployment-driven entrepreneurship is also explored. We find that specific human capital more frequently found in spin-off founders plays a key role in enhancing survival chances, while more general forms of human capital may help inexperienced entrepreneurs overcome the barrier posed by the critical early years after start-up.
Subjects: 
Founders’ backgrounds
Human capital
Start-up Success
Pre-entry capabilities
Spin-offs
Habitual entrepreneurs
JEL: 
D21
L10
M13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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