Funding climate and its impact on new venture success: Toward construct identification and scale validation
Abstract
To date, the relationship between a business management team and its funding source to new venture success has not received a great deal of attention in the literature. This research attempted to fill the knowledge gap by applying established behavioral ecology models of predator and foraging behavior to develop and validate the funding climate construct (i.e., the perception of a management team member regarding the funding style of the funding source). Adding to the current research, I explored, developed, and validated a new measure and by doing so, demonstrated an optimum fit between a funding source type and the passion and preparedness of the business management team toward new venture success.
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