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Is Entrepreneurial Success Predictable? An Ex-Ante Analysis of the Character-Based Approach

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Marco Caliendo (DIW Berlin)
Alexander S. Kritikos (University Viadrina)

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This paper empirically analyses whether the character-based approach which is based on the personality and on the human capital of business founders, al- lows prediction of entrepreneurial success. A unique data set is used consisting of 414 previously unemployed persons whose personal characteristics were screened by different methods, namely a one-day assessment center (AC) and a standardized questionnaire, before they launched their business. Results are partly unexpected: First, there is almost no correlation between the AC data and the questionnaire. Second, the predictive power of the AC data is slightly better than the one of the questionnaire but lower than expected in theory. Interestingly, for those subgroups where the AC data have low predictive power, the questionnaire does better. Third, when success is measured in terms of hired employees both methods are poor pre- dictors.

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Keywords: Entrepreneurship Psychological Assessment Character-Based Approach Success Prediction

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M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General - - - Estimation

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