Fail but try again? The effects of age, gender, and multiple-owner experience on failed entrepreneurs' reentry

Massimo Baù; Philipp Sieger; Kimberly A. Eddleston; Francesco Chirico

doi:10.1111/etap.12233

Fail but try again? The effects of age, gender, and multiple-owner experience on failed entrepreneurs' reentry

Massimo Baù, Philipp Sieger, Kimberly A. Eddleston^*, Francesco Chirico

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We investigate what leads failed entrepreneurs to reenter entrepreneurship by taking a developmental career perspective. Specifically, we hypothesize that the age of failed entrepreneurs has a nonlinear relationship with the likelihood of reentering entrepreneurship that follows different career stages (early, middle, and late). The gender of failed entrepreneurs and multiple-owner experience in the failed firm are hypothesized to be moderators of this relationship. We test our hypotheses using a database consisting of the Swedish population, including 4,761 entrepreneurs who failed between 2000 and 2004. Analyzing their career paths over the years following their failure offers support for our theoretical expectations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	909-941
Number of pages	33
Journal	Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
Volume	41
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/etap.12233
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2017
Externally published	Yes

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