Impacto social y económico de las aceleradoras de emprendimientoanálisis de factores condicionantes e implicaciones para la innovación social

  1. Cánovas Saiz, Lydia 1
  2. March Chordà, Isidre 1
  3. Yagüe Perales, Rosa M. 1
  1. 1 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Journal:
CIRIEC - España. Revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa

ISSN: 0213-8093

Year of publication: 2018

Issue: 93

Pages: 211-240

Type: Article

DOI: 10.7203/CIRIEC-E.93.9855 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

More publications in: CIRIEC - España. Revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa

Abstract

Accelerators are still an emerging tool pointed to speed up the birth and growth of innovative start-ups. The Seed Accelerator programs (SAP) usually provide entrepreneurs with accommodation, mentoring and training during a short period of three to six months, and are believed to be useful for a more effective launch of start-ups. Due to their emergent nature, the impact and expectations of Seed Accelerators remains largely unknown. The main purpose of this study is to approximately assess, for the first time, the Seed Accelerators capacity to make a social contribution in terms of employment generated by the new ventures participating in the acceleration programs. The originality lies in being pioneer in identifying the factors underlying a higher impact of these initiatives in terms of employment and other key performance indicators. This objective will be empirically fulfilled through a sample of Seed Accelerators, assembled from an online Global Seed Accelerator survey with data on SAs and the accelerated companies that have participated in Accelerator Programs.

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