A Study about Performance among New Start-Up Firms and Effects of External Support to them

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to (1)make clear the situation and structure of performance among Start-Up Firms in Japan,(2)investigate the relationships between performance and external support to them. We analyzed the questionnaire research on the basis of the answers which were obtained from 2,897(1stresearch)people of Start-Up's. As a result of factor analysis ,4 main factors :"business quality/management posture","external support","quantitative performance","qualitative performance"were extracted. Among the 4 factors,we admit some significant relations ,but "qualitative performance"did not show significant relations positively to any of the three remaining factors.