The Evaluation of Founder Failure and Success by Hiring Firms: A Field Experiment

The authors are thankful for discussions with Mabel Abraham, James Baron, Barry Nalebuff, David Pedulla, Jesper Sørensen, Olav Sorenson, Toby Stuart, and András Tilcsik, as well as comments from participants at the Academy of Management Conference; Harvard University; the Indian School of Business; Stanford University; the Strategic Management Society Conference; the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Cambridge; the University of Michigan; the University of Hong Kong, China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Seminar; the University of Mannheim; the University of Southern California; the Wharton People and Organizations Conference; and Yale University.