Founding Teams and Startup Performance

Abstract

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Does the timing of integrating new skills affect start‐up growth?

“…Yet, more advanced techniques may use IV strategies such as unexpected deaths (cf. Choi, Goldschlag, Haltiwanger, & Kim, 2019). Potentially remaining endogeneity issues are a major reason for interpreting our findings more as correlation rather than causal effects.…”

Whose Job Is It Anyway? Coethnic Hiring in New US Ventures

“… 2 Fairlie and Miranda (2017) consider choices to hire employees into start-ups. Related to this work, they observe Asian-and Hispanic-owned businesses are more likely to make the transition into being an employer …rm.1 3 See discussions inKerr and Kerr (2017),Choi et al (2019), andHyatt et al (2020).…”

Whose Job Is It Anyway? Co-Ethnic Hiring in New U.S. Ventures

“… 2 Fairlie and Miranda (2017) consider choices to hire employees into start-ups. Related to this work, they observe Asian-and Hispanic-owned businesses are more likely to make the transition into being an employer …rm.1 3 See discussions inKerr and Kerr (2017),Choi et al (2019), andHyatt et al (2020).…”