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Fostering the growth of student start-ups from university accelerators: an entrepreneurial ecosystem perspective

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  • Shiri M Breznitz
  • Qiantao Zhang

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Despite their significance, firms created by students have been the subject of little research. Adopting the entrepreneurial ecosystem framework, this paper examines the growth of student start-ups, especially those that participate in university accelerators. Focused on the University of Toronto, this paper contributes to an understanding of how university accelerators can better support the entrepreneurial efforts of students. It is clear that firms that participate in accelerators with a screening process have a stronger performance in both employment and product growth. Moreover, a habitual entrepreneur director or a more intensive accelerator program is found to have more positive effects on product growth at firms than on employment growth.

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  • Shiri M Breznitz & Qiantao Zhang, 2019. "Fostering the growth of student start-ups from university accelerators: an entrepreneurial ecosystem perspective," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 28(4), pages 855-873.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:indcch:v:28:y:2019:i:4:p:855-873.
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    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • L38 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Policy
    • O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth

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