Entrepreneurship after setbacks or bankruptcy

This project looks at the potential impact of bankruptcy on the person of the ex-entrepreneur. Does that bankruptcy affect his or her further options? Does a bankrupt choose to restart as an entrepreneur? And what factors play a role in that decision?

Entrepreneurship is a process of trial and error. It is therefore part of the natural course of events that businesses disappear at some point and make way for new activities. What is often lost sight of, however, is the position of the entrepreneur as a person in that process, and more specifically the question of what his further professional options are. In this study, we examine how a bankrupt ex-entrepreneur continues his professional life after the cessation of his original business.

In addition to a literature review, online questionnaires are administered to bankrupts and the results are processed.