Factors Contributing to the Success of Start-Up Firms Using Two-Point or Multiple-Point Scale Models

Miettinen Marika Rosanna () and Littunen Hannu ()
Additional contact information
Miettinen Marika Rosanna: Department of Business, University of Eastern Finland, Microkatu 1 G, PL 1627, Kuopio 70211, Finland
Littunen Hannu: Department of Business, University of Eastern Finland, Microkatu 1 G, PL 1627, Kuopio 70211, Finland

Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2013, vol. 3, issue 4, 449-481

Abstract: This study investigates the determinants of start-up success in a sample of Finnish firms. Our database allows us to investigate how qualitative information based on the personal history and characteristics of the owner, along with firm and market attributes, affect success 5 years after start-up. It seeks to compare the factors affecting success as derived from two-point and multiple-point scale models. The results indicate that a multiple-point scale model yields more statistically significant attributes compared to a two-point scale model. Furthermore, the founder attributes are not as important as predicted.

Keywords: small firms; start-ups; success; creditworthiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1515/erj-2012-0012 (text/html)
For access to full text, subscription to the journal or payment for the individual article is required.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bpj:erjour:v:3:y:2013:i:4:p:449-481:n:1

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/erj/html

DOI: 10.1515/erj-2012-0012

Access Statistics for this article

Entrepreneurship Research Journal is currently edited by Chandra S. Mishra and Ramona K. Zachary

More articles in Entrepreneurship Research Journal from De Gruyter
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Peter Golla ().