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A quantitative-based model to assess seed accelerators’ performance

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  • Lydia Canovas-Saiz
  • Isidre March-Chordà
  • Rosa Maria Yagüe-Perales

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Seed accelerators are a new generation of business incubators. While the number of seed accelerators worldwide has grown exponentially, there is as yet no consensus on how to measure and analyse their performance. Therefore, the present study, using two pioneering surveys, aims to cast new light on this field by empirically assessing the performance of accelerators and the prospects of their accelerated firms. A model is built on two perspectives that are used to assess the prospects of the accelerated firms: (1) the accelerator´s perspective, and (2) the accelerated start-ups’ perspective. The results confirmed, at statistically significant levels, that the portfolio size of accelerators, their start-ups´ survival rates, and the number of employees in the accelerated firms, have a positive effect on the median value of the funding received by the accelerated start-ups from the accelerators’ funds. Furthermore, accelerators located in the U.S., and those with the greatest longevity, are shown to have a higher impact on start-ups´ survival rates. The study is not free of limitations, but its findings contribute to the still scarce quantitative literature on the performance of accelerators, and provide important managerial implications for their managers, investors, and entrepreneurs.

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  • Lydia Canovas-Saiz & Isidre March-Chordà & Rosa Maria Yagüe-Perales, 2021. "A quantitative-based model to assess seed accelerators’ performance," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(3-4), pages 332-352, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:entreg:v:33:y:2021:i:3-4:p:332-352
    DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2021.1872941
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    1. Alexander Kramer & Dominik K. Kanbach, 2023. "Relationship-building in the post-acceleration phase of corporate accelerators: empirical evidence from Germany," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 755-779, June.
    2. Heiko Butz & Matthias Jan Mrożewski, 2021. "The Selection Process and Criteria of Impact Accelerators. An Exploratory Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-22, June.
    3. Bańka Michał & Salwin Mariusz & Waszkiewicz Aneta Ewa & Rychlik Szymon & Kukurba Maria, 2022. "Startup Accelerators," International Journal of Management and Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of World Economy, vol. 58(1), pages 80-118, March.
    4. Michal Banka & Mariusz Salwin & Dariusz Masłowski & Szymon Rychlik & Maria Kukurba, 2022. "Start-up Accelerator: State of the Art and Future Directions," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(1), pages 477-510.

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