Revisiting the Factors Influencing Entry and Success of Entrepreneurship (original) (raw)

This paper provides a review of literature on entrepreneurship and related schools of thought. It examines the research findings relating to the effect of various macroeconomic and microeconomic factors on entry, exit and success of entrepreneurs. It also critically examines classification of Necessity Entrepreneurs based on low post-entry performance. The main contribution of the article is in identifying several research gaps in entrepreneurship literature which can be taken up as research problems by scholars of this field. This article proposes Exit Barrier as one of the factors influencing the entry to entrepreneurship.