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Entrepreneurial Backgrounds, Human Capital and Start-Up Success

Rui Baptista
Instituto Superior Tecnico, Technical University of Lisbon; Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems

Murat Karaöz
Technical University of Lisbon

Joana Mendonça
Technical University of Lisbon


July 2007

Jena Economic Research Paper No. 2007-045

Abstract:     
We examine whether founders' backgrounds influence new firm survival in the early years after start-up. We develop hypotheses linking founders' backgrounds 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.

Keywords: Founders' backgrounds, Human capital, Start-up Success, Pre-entry capabilities, Spin-offs, Habitual entrepreneurs

JEL Classifications: D21, L10, M13

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Date posted: October 18, 2007 ; Last revised: October 18, 2007

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Baptista, Rui, Karaöz, Murat and Mendonça, Joana, Entrepreneurial Backgrounds, Human Capital and Start-Up Success (July 2007). Jena Economic Research Paper No. 2007-045. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1021206


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Rui Baptista (Contact Author)
Instituto Superior Tecnico, Technical University of Lisbon ( email )
Dep. Engineering Management
Av. Rovisco Pais
Lisbon 1049-001
Portugal
HOME PAGE: http://in3.dem.ist.utl.pt/pp/rbaptista/
Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems
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D-07745 Jena Germany
HOME PAGE: http://www.mpiew-jena.mpg.de/
Murat Karaöz
Technical University of Lisbon ( email )
Rua do Quelhas, 6
1200 Lisboa Portugal
Joana Mendonça
Technical University of Lisbon ( email )
Rua do Quelhas, 6
1200 Lisboa Portugal
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