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Nascent Entrepreneur’s Prospecting Profile and Start-up Capital Sources: An Investigation of Start-up Outcomes Over Time

Hechavarria, Diana M.

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2013, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Business: Business Administration.
Despite the importance of a need for a more robust understanding of the new venture start-up process, there continues to be a disparity in the understanding of critical pathway antecedents and start-up outcomes, such as new firm founding or disbanding. The objective of this dissertation research is to address several key start-up antecedents including the nascent entrepreneur’s perception of environmental uncertainty and risk tolerance, which I label an entrepreneur’s prospecting profile. Additionally, I explore how preferences for various sources of start-up capital impact the timing to a start-up outcome (founding or disbanding). Applying two separate models, this dissertation first investigates how a founder’s prospecting profile influences their selection of start-up capital sources using random coefficient regression modeling. Secondly, this dissertation analyzes how variations in start-up capital structure impact the timing to start-up outcomes using competing risk event history analysis. A more robust start-up outcome model is thus developed. Analysis was completed with two longitudinal data sets providing a representative sample of the business creation process; Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics I and II.
Charles Matthews, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Paul D. Reynolds, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Jose Luis Gonzalez, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Steven Howe, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Marianne Lewis, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
174 p.

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  • Hechavarria, D. M. (2013). Nascent Entrepreneur’s Prospecting Profile and Start-up Capital Sources: An Investigation of Start-up Outcomes Over Time [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1380613007

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hechavarria, Diana. Nascent Entrepreneur’s Prospecting Profile and Start-up Capital Sources: An Investigation of Start-up Outcomes Over Time. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1380613007.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hechavarria, Diana. "Nascent Entrepreneur’s Prospecting Profile and Start-up Capital Sources: An Investigation of Start-up Outcomes Over Time." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1380613007

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)