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The Role of Founding Conditions in New Firm Growth: An Empirical Study of U.S. Startups
Drawing upon the resource-based view of the firm, I predicted the impact of founding size, intellectual properties, and entrepreneurial human capital on new firm growth in the early and later years of a startup. They were empirically tested with a sample of 4923 firms in the longitudinal panel database from the Kauffman Firm Survey conducted over the period of 2005 – 2010, and the theoretical and practical implications of the results were discussed.Author(s):
Yang Xu
Penn State New Kensington
United States