University of Tokyo

Abstract
Survey Number 1149
Survey Title Survey on State of New Business Start-ups, 2016
Depositor Japan Finance Corporation Research Institute
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Summary The “Survey on the State of New Business Start-ups” has been conducted continuously since 1969 for the purpose of apprehending the state of new business. Since 1991, it has been conducted annually, resulting in the accumulation of data such as age at the start of new business and start-up costs, which can be used for time series comparisons, as well as the carrying out of analyses from a variety of viewpoints.

As of 2000, the survey excluded the real estate investment industry. Further, in line with the inauguration of the Japan Finance Corporation in October 2008, the Japan Finance Corporation Research Institute took over the operation of the survey from its predecessor, the National Life Finance Corporation Research Institute.

This survey was conducted in 2016 and included survey items on attributes and careers of managers of new business start-ups, start-up funding, procuring funding, etc., targeting companies that had received financing from the Japan Finance Corporation between April and September 2015 and had been trading for one year or less at the point of funding.

As a related survey, the “Survey on State of New Business Start-ups (special surveys), 2016” (SSJDA Survey Number 1150) was conducted in the same year on companies that had been trading for four years or less at the point of funding
Data Type quantitative research
quantitative research: micro data
Universe Companies within one year of startup at the time of financing (including companies yet to start trading)
Unit of Observation Organization
Sample Size Sample size: 8,145, number of responses: 1,967 (response rate 24.1%)
Date of Collection 2016-08 ~ 2016-08
Time Period 2016 ~ 2016
Spatial Unit Japan
Japan
Sampling Procedure Non-probability: Availability
8,145 companies within one year of startup (including companies yet to start trading) at the time of financing were surveyed from among the companies financed by the Japan Finance Corporation Micro Business and Individual Unit between April and September 2015.
Mode of Data Collection Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Mail survey (anonymous questionnaire)
Investigator Japan Finance Corporation Research Institute
DOI 10.34500/SSJDA.1149
Sponsors (Funds)
Related Publications (by the Investigator) Please refer to the abstract in Japanese.
Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis)
Documentation Questionnaire
Major Survey Items (1) Business overview
Management type (at startup, current), business details (industry, new points of business content when compared with other companies in the same industry), business opened (whether it is a venture or new business, etc.), franchise affiliation, main business locations, whether the main business office is at respondent’s home, if different place to respondent’s home (vacant store in shopping street, etc.), number of employees (at startup/ current), existence of management assistants, scope of business area, main sales destinations

(2) Attributes and career of manager
Gender, highest level of educational attainment, work experience (existence of work experience before startup, intention of starting own business at point of choosing first job, experience in sales/customer service/marketing, managerial experience, experience in current industry), occupation immediately before startup (mode of work, size by number of employees, year of establishment of employer’s company, business conditions at the company, reason for leaving the job, whether respondent started the current business as a side job while working), existence of work taken over (with or without compensation) in starting a new business, positive aspects of taking over work and starting a new business, worries before startup, hardships at startup and present time, confidence as a manager (at startup, present time)

(3) Preparations and chronology of starting up a new business
Startup year, motivation for startup, reasons for deciding on current business, costs and procurement at startup, etc.

(4) Management since starting up the business
Current sales and profitability, current business conditions, predicted monthly sales before startup, monthly sales required to continue trading, current monthly sales, etc.

(5) Management experience
Existence of management experience before managing current business, number of companies managed, number of years of management
*In the following, “the company” refers to the company that includes the current business, while “parent enterprise” refers to the company managed since before the current business.

Year of inauguration of parent enterprise, year of appointment as manager of parent enterprise, details regarding appointment as manager of parent enterprise, Industry of parent enterprise, organization type, number of employees (at the time of starting this company, present), reason for establishing this company as a separate entity to the parent organization, monthly sales and business conditions of parent organization (at the time of starting the company, present), relationship between the company and parent enterprise (location of main office (at time of starting the company, present), existence of financial support, existence of trading, etc.), whether experience of managing parent enterprise was useful, etc.

(6) Opinions regarding management and future management policy direction
Most important aspects of running a business, own personality, intention to start a new business, satisfaction levels (income from business, work-life balance, etc.), thoughts on the scale of future business (sales, scope of business, future stock listing), etc.

*For details of survey items, please refer to the questionnaire.
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