Are You Experienced or Are You Talented?: When Does Innate Talent versus Experience Explain Entrepreneurial Performance?

We explore whether entrepreneurial performance is due to innate talent or the accumulation of entrepreneurial experience. Using a novel data set with multiple observations of founding attempts per individual, we generate a unique measure of entrepreneurial talent. In contrast to prior findings, the...

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Main Authors: Eesley, Charles E. (Author), Roberts, Edward B. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2014-06-23T15:07:52Z.
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