Transnational Entrepreneurship and Indian High-tech Start-up Survival:An Empirical Investigation

This paper investigates whether transnational entrepreneurs who create and operate hightech start-ups in India are more likely to survive and sustain when compared to the local entrepreneurs. Data from 45 high-tech start-ups headquartered across different locations in India were used for the purposes of analysis. The results indicated that transnational entrepreneurs were more likely to achieve survival of their high-tech start-ups in comparison to their local counterparts. In addition, our findings established that young technical transnational graduates, who possessed entrepreneurial experience and who had obtained early funding, would have a higher probability of achieving survival of their high-tech start-ups in India. For policy makers, investors and practitioners focused on emerging economies, this paper reveals the type and kind of factors that should be examined to enable a vibrant startup ecosystem in the region.