How does the relationship between founding team composition and venture performance depend on the venture’s strategy and business environment? Using data from a novel survey of 2,067 firms, we show that while diverse founding teams tend to exhibit higher performance, this is not universally...

Research Summary: Governments in emerging economies often use institutional intermediaries to promote entrepreneurship, and bridge the void between ventures and public funding. While prior literature describes what institutional intermediaries do, it leaves open how intermediaries support...

Organizational design in the context of new venture development is particularly challenging due to initially severe resource constraints. We address the question of when initial venture idea assets versus founder contracting experience are more important for venture performance. One view of new...