In order to study the way in which perceptions and beliefs of entrepreneurs affect continued growth of firms,the beliefs of entrepreneurial managers are examined using the resource-based view of the firm and its underlying cognitive propositions as theoretical support.The method of study is...

More than half of all attempts to start a business fail. In a quest to help explain the variance in this phenomenon, we develop and test hypotheses related to the role that the objective environment, entrepreneurial perceptions, and start-up activities play in the new venture creation process....