Accelerators : successful venture creation and growth /

Understanding how accelerators build an entrepreneurial ecosystem, generate innovations and create new technologies is key for anyone wishing to nurture a start-up company. This book compares the success of accelerators in comparison to the independent growth of new companies or incubators through a...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wright, Mike (Professor of management science) (Editor), Drori, Israel (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., Inc., 2018.
Subjects:
New business enterprises.
Business incubators.
Electronic books.
Online Access:https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781786434081/9781786434081.xml
Table of Contents:
  • Contents: 1. Accelerators: characteristics, trends and the new entrepreneurial ecosystem / Israel Drori and Mike Wright
  • 2. Acceleration as process: a strategy process perspective on startup acceleration / Matthias Wenzel and Jochen Koch
  • 3. External network governance and internal organizational governance of accelerators / Laurens Vandeweghe and Trent Fu
  • 4. Understanding mentorship processes / Ronit Yitshaki and Israel Drori
  • 5. Selection issues / Michael Leatherbee and Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe
  • 6. Key performance indicators / Michael Leatherbee and Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe
  • 7. Revolutionizing entrepreneurial ecosystems through US and European accelerator policy / Iris Vanaelst, Jonas van Hove and Mike Wright
  • 8. Use of the 'ecosystem model' by accelerators at country and regional levels / Jonas van Hove, Iris Vanaelst and Mike Wright
  • 9. Emergence of accelerators and accelerator policy: the case of Australia / Martin Bliemel, Saskia de Klerk, Ricardo Flores and Morgan Miles
  • 10. Accelerators: insights for a research agenda / Massimo G. Colombo, Cristina Rossi-Lamastra and Mike Wright
  • Index.

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