... drivers, is examined. New venture performance is modelled in two different ways: financial performance (i.e. return on assets) and innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach The analyses are based on 66 founding teams active in diverse activity sectors. The teams represent a total of 142...

...Jonas Debrulle; Johan Maes; Elliroma Gardiner Purpose The purpose of this paper is to suggest that different start-up motivations make entrepreneurs pursue different kinds of new business performance, which in this study are expressed in financial terms (i.e. return on assets). The authors posit...