Do balanced skills help nascent entrepreneurs to make progress in the venture creation process?

Michael Stuetzer*, Maximilian Goethner, Uwe Cantner

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Abstract

We analyze longitudinal data on innovative start-up projects and apply Lazear's jack-of-all-trades theory to investigate the effect of nascent entrepreneurs' balanced skills on their progress in the venture creation process. Our results suggest that those nascent entrepreneurs who exhibit a sufficiently broad set of skills undertake more gestation activities towards an operational new venture. This supports the notion that a balanced skill set is an important determinant of entrepreneurial market entry.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)186-188
Number of pages3
JournalEconomics letters
Volume117
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Nascent entrepreneurship
  • Balanced skills
  • New venture creation
  • n/a OA procedure

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