Survival causal patterns of social and commercial entrepreneurial initiatives in Spain
This research aims at analysing the influence of a holistic configuration of factors related to industry and the characteristics of the entrepreneur and the business, on the survival of social and commercial entrepreneurial initiatives in both, new and consolidated companies. The sample ranges from...
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doaj-4013f5f3922f414b988a45aaf768216a2021-08-17T11:03:03ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityJournal of Business Economics and Management1611-16992029-44332021-08-012241047106710.3846/jbem.2021.1488614886Survival causal patterns of social and commercial entrepreneurial initiatives in SpainLorenzo Revuelto-Taboada0Ana Redondo-Cano1Francisco Balbastre-Benavent2Departament of Business Management, University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainDepartament of Business Management, University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainDepartament of Business Management, University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainThis research aims at analysing the influence of a holistic configuration of factors related to industry and the characteristics of the entrepreneur and the business, on the survival of social and commercial entrepreneurial initiatives in both, new and consolidated companies. The sample ranges from 2,851 to 2,109 firms, according to the period considered, and has been obtained from the reports of the projects submitted to the Assistance Programme to Young Entrepreneurs, promoted by the Valencian Institute of Youth. Other sources of information have been the Institute’s own reports and the Chambers of Commerce. A configurational analysis is performed using the Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis. The results obtained show that there is no necessary condition by itself and that there are several sufficient solutions that explain a considerable percentage of survival cases. They also show how the solutions vary significantly and, consequently, the relevance of the different causal antecedents, when the company acquires greater maturity.https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JBEM/article/view/14886entrepreneurshipfirm survivalsocial firmscommercial firmscausal patternsfuzzyset qualitative comparative analysis |
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Lorenzo Revuelto-Taboada Ana Redondo-Cano Francisco Balbastre-Benavent Survival causal patterns of social and commercial entrepreneurial initiatives in Spain Journal of Business Economics and Management entrepreneurship firm survival social firms commercial firms causal patterns fuzzyset qualitative comparative analysis |
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Lorenzo Revuelto-Taboada Ana Redondo-Cano Francisco Balbastre-Benavent |
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Lorenzo Revuelto-Taboada |
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Survival causal patterns of social and commercial entrepreneurial initiatives in Spain |
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Survival causal patterns of social and commercial entrepreneurial initiatives in Spain |
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Survival causal patterns of social and commercial entrepreneurial initiatives in Spain |
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Survival causal patterns of social and commercial entrepreneurial initiatives in Spain |
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Survival causal patterns of social and commercial entrepreneurial initiatives in Spain |
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survival causal patterns of social and commercial entrepreneurial initiatives in spain |
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Vilnius Gediminas Technical University |
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Journal of Business Economics and Management |
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1611-1699 2029-4433 |
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2021-08-01 |
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This research aims at analysing the influence of a holistic configuration of factors related to industry and the characteristics of the entrepreneur and the business, on the survival of social and commercial entrepreneurial initiatives in both, new and consolidated companies. The sample ranges from 2,851 to 2,109 firms, according to the period considered, and has been obtained from the reports of the projects submitted to the Assistance Programme to Young Entrepreneurs, promoted by the Valencian Institute of Youth. Other sources of information have been the Institute’s own reports and the Chambers of Commerce. A configurational analysis is performed using the Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis. The results obtained show that there is no necessary condition by itself and that there are several sufficient solutions that explain a considerable percentage of survival cases. They also show how the solutions vary significantly and, consequently, the relevance of the different causal antecedents, when the company acquires greater maturity. |
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entrepreneurship firm survival social firms commercial firms causal patterns fuzzyset qualitative comparative analysis |
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