Role of financial, human and social capital in survival of start-ups

• Main Author: WONG, Tiong Kiat
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Start-ups; Survival; Financial Capital; Human Capital; Social Capital; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; Finance and Financial Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/240; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1240&context=etd_coll
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In new business ventures, growth in itself is often not the main intention in the beginning, but rather a mean to ensure survivability first, follow by sustainability and secure profitability. Not all small businesses survived over time and are always confronted with the liability of newness and con...