Accelerators are a fast-growing form of entrepreneurship support. Literature about them
remains descriptive and disjointed. While some consider them new, others believe them to …

Despite the emergence of startup accelerators as venture development organizations
(VDOs) to high-growth firms, research has yet to identify where these accelerators fit into the …

Accelerators are a rapidly growing new form of organization that aim to stimulate
entrepreneurship through intensive, limited-period educational programs, including …

This book is about the interplay between entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and
accelerators. A quick run through the Wikipedia website orients the reader to this trio of …

A fundamental challenge for new ventures is overcoming liabilities of newness-particularly,
lack of business knowledge and lack of social embeddedness. Accelerators, intense, time …

Over the past 15 years, accelerators emerged as a popular and distinct new form of
intermediary organization, playing a key role in supporting entrepreneurial and innovation …

Accelerators are entrepreneurial programs that attempt to help ventures learn, often utilizing
extensive consultation with mentors, program directors, customers, guest speakers, alumni …

The start-up acceleration phenomenon is a recent trend in the field of entrepreneurship,
impacting academia, policy makers and practioners, but not yet fully researched or …

Impact-oriented accelerators, a relatively new type of entrepreneur support program, are
proliferating as practitioners, philanthropic funders, and investors work to unlock the full …

The study of incubators and accelerators that are focused on having a social impact is in its
infancy. However, the research on business incubators and accelerators in developed …