Startup accelerators as an open environment: The impact on startups' innovative performance

Accelerator programs are emerging in recent years as a new model of startup assistance. However, despite the rapid proliferation of such programs, academic literature on the topic is surprisingly scarce. In particular, pre- vious literature has neglected to investigate how the open environment provi...

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Autores: Del Sarto, Nicola, Cruz Cázares, Claudio, Di Minin, Alberto
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Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2022
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositório:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palavra-chave:Gestió de la innovació
Innovació oberta
Gestió del coneixement
Empreses
Innovation management
Open innovation
Knowledge management
Business enterprises
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spelling Startup accelerators as an open environment: The impact on startups' innovative performanceDel Sarto, NicolaCruz Cázares, ClaudioDi Minin, AlbertoGestió de la innovacióInnovació obertaGestió del coneixementEmpresesInnovation managementOpen innovationKnowledge managementBusiness enterprisesAccelerator programs are emerging in recent years as a new model of startup assistance. However, despite the rapid proliferation of such programs, academic literature on the topic is surprisingly scarce. In particular, pre- vious literature has neglected to investigate how the open environment provided by startup accelerators can enhance the innovation performance of accelerated startups despite Open Innovation practices are commonly adopted in acceleration programs. To address this gap, we investigate how startups participating in accelerator programs can enhance innovation performance through sources of external knowledge provided by startup accelerators. In doing so, we draw data from 113 startups accelerated by Italian accelerators since 2013. Our results reveal that different sources of external knowledge provided by accelerators are beneficial for different inno- vation outcomes contributing to the literature on accelerators. Moreover, our findings contribute to the literature on startups and open innovation highlighting that different external sources of knowledge increase innovation performance of startups.Elsevier2022202420222022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/185083Articles publicats en revistes (Empresa)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102425Technovation, 2021, vol. 113, num. 102425https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102425cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2021https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1850832026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Startup accelerators as an open environment: The impact on startups' innovative performance
title Startup accelerators as an open environment: The impact on startups' innovative performance
spellingShingle Startup accelerators as an open environment: The impact on startups' innovative performance
Del Sarto, Nicola
Gestió de la innovació
Innovació oberta
Gestió del coneixement
Empreses
Innovation management
Open innovation
Knowledge management
Business enterprises
title_short Startup accelerators as an open environment: The impact on startups' innovative performance
title_full Startup accelerators as an open environment: The impact on startups' innovative performance
title_fullStr Startup accelerators as an open environment: The impact on startups' innovative performance
title_full_unstemmed Startup accelerators as an open environment: The impact on startups' innovative performance
title_sort Startup accelerators as an open environment: The impact on startups' innovative performance
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Del Sarto, Nicola
Cruz Cázares, Claudio
Di Minin, Alberto
author Del Sarto, Nicola
author_facet Del Sarto, Nicola
Cruz Cázares, Claudio
Di Minin, Alberto
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author2 Cruz Cázares, Claudio
Di Minin, Alberto
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Gestió de la innovació
Innovació oberta
Gestió del coneixement
Empreses
Innovation management
Open innovation
Knowledge management
Business enterprises
topic Gestió de la innovació
Innovació oberta
Gestió del coneixement
Empreses
Innovation management
Open innovation
Knowledge management
Business enterprises
description Accelerator programs are emerging in recent years as a new model of startup assistance. However, despite the rapid proliferation of such programs, academic literature on the topic is surprisingly scarce. In particular, pre- vious literature has neglected to investigate how the open environment provided by startup accelerators can enhance the innovation performance of accelerated startups despite Open Innovation practices are commonly adopted in acceleration programs. To address this gap, we investigate how startups participating in accelerator programs can enhance innovation performance through sources of external knowledge provided by startup accelerators. In doing so, we draw data from 113 startups accelerated by Italian accelerators since 2013. Our results reveal that different sources of external knowledge provided by accelerators are beneficial for different inno- vation outcomes contributing to the literature on accelerators. Moreover, our findings contribute to the literature on startups and open innovation highlighting that different external sources of knowledge increase innovation performance of startups.
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