Strategies, Uncertainty and Performance of Small Business Startups

Marco van Gelderen, Michael Frese and Roy Thurik

ERIM Report Series Research in Management from Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam

Abstract: Personal strategies of owners/founders of small business startups are related to performance and to environmental uncertainty. This is done using a longitudinal data set of some 50 Dutch startups. The results suggest a dynamic process between strategy and performance. A discrimination is made between four strategies (reactive, critical point, complete planning and opportunistic). The role of uncertainty is discussed. The dynamic process is embedded in the PERSUADE model.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; performance; small business startups; strategy; uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L20 M M13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000-05-29
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