This resesarch evaluates the relative importance ofseveral categories of variables in explaining startup success. A sample of 517 nascent Dutch entrepreneurs was identified in 1998 (from data collected by the Entrepreneurial Research Consortium), and tracked for three years. W.B. Gartner's...

The question of which factors contribute to success or failure in starting a business is investigated utilizing Gartner's (1985) framework, which suggests that start-up efforts differ with regard to characteristics of the individual who starts the venture, the organization they create, the...