A novel method is applied to evaluate the effect of capital constraints on entrepreneurial performance on a panel of 1 …,000 Dutch entrepreneurs. We find that initial capital constraints hinder entrepreneurs in their performance, even when we … control for various human capital and other factors that might affect both performance and credit scoring outcomes. We use a …

performance once the venture has been started. Prior empirical research in this area could investigate this issue only indirectly …-up phase of business have quite a substantial negative influence on performance as measured by the survival probability of the …

effect of talent, enhance entrepreneurial performance? We distinguish between three different performance measures: survival … founders, we conclude that specific investments indeed affect the three performance measures substantially and significantly …

performance. The entrepreneur's human capital is, though, only one of the input factors into the production process of her venture … formulate the following proposition: The performance of an entrepreneur is not only affected positively by her own education … year t and several measures of the performance of individual entrepreneurs in that same country and year, including …