Arbeitspapier
Ability matching and survival of start-ups
In this paper, I analyse how the survival of new firms is affected by the average ability level in the founding team, the team size, team members' homogeneity with respect to ability, and team members' heterogeneity with respect to education. As a theoretical basis, I apply the O-ring theory (Kremer (1993)). Using a rich employer-employee data set on the whole population of Danish firms founded in 1998, I find that the average ability level in a team and the team size have positive effects on firm survival. Having a team at all is the most crucial factor for the probability of survival of young firms. The degree of homogeneity with respect to ability and the degree of heterogeneity with respect to educations have no effect on the survival probability.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 09-041
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
Entrepreneurship
New Firms; Startups
- Thema
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Entrepreneurship
firm survival
O-ring theory
start-ups
Unternehmensgründung
Unternehmensentwicklung
Gruppenarbeit
Qualifikation
Kompetenz
Persönlichkeitspsychologie
Dänemark
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Müller, Bettina
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
- (wo)
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Mannheim
- (wann)
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2009
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Müller, Bettina
- Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
Entstanden
- 2009