Reports Entrepreneurs and Recessions: Do Downturns Matter? This paper examined the question: to what extent is a company’s founding date—with a particular focus on company cohorts from weak economic periods—related to its eventual financial success? December 10, 2008 Share: Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Download the Report Entrepreneurs and Recessions: Do Downturns Matter? pdf The relationship between company success and economic conditions at the time of a company’s founding is ill-understood. Do weak economic conditions at the start lead to fewer companies founded? Do weak conditions lead to fewer successful companies? Do companies founded in better economic times fare better than those founded during recessions? The answers to these questions are important because of the central role that entrepreneurial ventures play in our economy, from job creation, to innovation, to improvements in our overall standard of living and GDP.In this study, titled “Entrepreneurs and Recessions: Do Downturns Matter?,” Kauffman Foundation Senior Fellow Paul S. Kedrosky presents findings from collecting and analyzing data to find out how economic conditions impact startup success. Next Reports The Future of the Research University: Meeting the Global Challenges of the 21st Century November 16, 2008 Reports Improving Student Learning through Strategic Compensation October 23, 2008 Reports Entrepreneurship in American Higher Education July 15, 2008