The effects of pre-venture plan timing and perceived environmental uncertainty on the persistence of emerging firms
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-26-2016
Abstract
This paper explores the effects of when preventure planning occurs (early or late) in the sequence of activities accomplished during the process of new business emergence, and the moderating effects of environmental context (the degree of perceived financial, competitive and operational uncertainty), on the persistence of emerging business startup efforts. Using data from the U.S. Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED), our analyses found a strong main effect for business planning: Nascent entrepreneurs who completed a business plan were 2.6 times more likely to persist in the process of business emergence than those who did not complete a plan. In addition, the likelihood of venture persistence increased when nascent entrepreneurs engaged in planning early in the sequence of start-up activities in perceived uncertain financial and competitive environments, while venture persistence increased when nascent entrepreneurs engaged in planning late in a sequence of activities in perceived certain financial and competitive environments.
Publication Title
Entrepreneurship as Organizing: Selected Papers of William B. Gartner
First Page
245
Last Page
262
Recommended Citation
Liao, Jianwen and Gartner, William B., "The effects of pre-venture plan timing and perceived environmental uncertainty on the persistence of emerging firms" (2016). Management and Marketing Faculty Publications. 9.
https://neiudc.neiu.edu/mm-pub/9