Cel How can newly established organizations grow successfully? This question has captivated researchers in entrepreneurship and organization theory for decades. This literature has documented that such diverse issues as competition at founding, firm strategies, and the size and composition of the management team can predict organizational growth (e.g. Eisenhardt and Schoonhoven, 1990). Underlying these diverse results is the premise that gaining access to necessary resources and managing these resources successfully is critical to realize organizational growth, yet the dynamics of the resources within entrepreneurial ventures, once obtained, are still poorly understood. In this project, we focus specifically on physical, material resources, a type of resource that has received little empirical attention compared to other types, such as human or knowledge-based resources. Focusing on material resources, this study aims to contribute to organization theory and entrepreneurship research by answering the following research questions: First, how do we explain diversity and change in the resource portfolios of entrepreneurial ventures in terms of these firms’ founding conditions? Second, how does diversity and change in such resource portfolios affect new venture growth? In short, this study intends to focus both on the antecedents (i.e. founding conditions) and consequences (i.e. organizational growth) of resource dynamics within new start-ups. This study’s research questions will be tested with data on the U.K. airline industry, 1919-1975, where aircraft are considered to be the critical resources to start-up airlines. The dataset will include over 350 -typically small- airline companies that existed throughout this period and over 3,500 aircraft held by these airlines. Dziedzina nauki social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managemententrepreneurshipengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft Program(-y) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Temat(-y) FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG - Marie Curie Action: "Reintegration Grants" Zaproszenie do składania wniosków FP7-PEOPLE-2010-RG Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania MC-IRG - International Re-integration Grants (IRG) Koordynator TILBURG UNIVERSITY- UNIVERSITEIT VAN TILBURG Wkład UE € 100 000,00 Adres WARANDELAAN 2 5037 AB Tilburg Niderlandy Zobacz na mapie Region Zuid-Nederland Noord-Brabant Midden-Noord-Brabant Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kontakt administracyjny Marjoleine De Wit (Mrs.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych