Entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs), such as incubators and accelerators, are now
ubiquitous. Despite this proliferation, their impact on entrepreneurs, ventures, and …

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 …

Social innovations (SIs) contribute to solving or at least mitigating many of the most pressing
grand challenges. Similar to profit-oriented innovations, which are mainly developed by …

Socially and educationally disadvantaged entrepreneurs often lack the knowledge and prior
experience to develop and scale their businesses. Owing to limited educational and …

This paper defines and analyses incubators that mainly support start-ups with a significant
social impact. In 2016, a survey was conducted on the 162 incubators active in Italy, and a …

Although early-stage finance is critical to the growth of most ventures, it is even more
important for social ventures as they face the challenges of balancing their social and …

The increasing relevance of societal challenges has recently brought social
entrepreneurship to the fore due to its capacity to leverage entrepreneurial processes to …

Emerging economies provide abundant opportunities for entrepreneurship with social
impact, but they often lack the resources to support it. This dilemma has led to the …

This study explored the interrelations between advice seeking and the role of mentors in
triggering entrepreneurial role identity and business-model change. Entrepreneurs' advice …

Business incubators (BI) are increasingly expected to nurture sustainability-driven start-ups
and contribute to the economy's sustainable transformation. However, while previous …