The Role of Innovation in the Postentry Performance of New Small Firms: Evidence from Italy

Alessandro Arrighetti and Marco Vivarelli ()

Southern Economic Journal, 1999, vol. 65, issue 4, 927-939

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to relate the start‐up decision to the postentry performance of new small firms. We use a database of 147 newly founded Italian firms that have spun‐off from existing firms. The quantitative questionnaire analysis studied the relationship between the original factors shaping the decision to start a new firm, including learning in the “mother” firm, and the postentry performance of the new initiatives. The evidence suggests that innovative motivation, innovative learning, and a higher managerial position in the original mother firm tend to be related to a superior postentry performance.

Date: 1999
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