Make It Or Break It? Founder Social Identity, EO, And New Ventures’ Financial Performance
Fauchart, Emmanuelle Sieger, Philipp Zellweger, Thomas Markus
Fauchart, Emmanuelle
Sieger, Philipp
Zellweger, Thomas Markus
Publication Type
Conference Proceeding
Editor
Supervisor
Publication Year
2022-08
Journal
Book
Academy of Management Proceedings
Publication Volume
2022
Publication Issue
1
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Abstract
How do founder social identities and the entrepreneurial orientation of a new venture combine to explain the latter’s financial performance? To address this crucial yet unanswered question, we take a set-theoretic approach based on fsQCA and analyze a sample of 492 entrepreneurs from 7 countries. We reveal nine configurations predicting either high or low financial performance, which offers unique insights into the multitude of pathways founders can take to succeed and advances several streams of literature.