How and why accelerators enhance female entrepreneurship

G Avnimelech, E Rechter - Research Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study was driven by an initial finding that female founders' participation rate in Israeli
accelerators is significantly higher (15.3%) than their participation rate in the Israeli startup …

Teaching Them How to Fish: The Makings of Business Accelerators

C Chen, J He - Available at SSRN 3869952, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
One-third of early-stage venture financing currently goes to business accelerator-backed
startups. We examine whether startups join accelerators to alleviate financing constraints or …