[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] ABSTRACT [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] This report reviews more than 80 articles about the impact of business accelerators on participants and wider ecosystems. It also provides a guide for future research. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] AUTHOR [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe and Ouafaa Hmaddi [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] ABSTRACT [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] We investigate an unexplored role of venture capital (VC) investors on innovation; the potential value-add of due-diligence for companies involved in failed VC fundraising campaigns— i.e., startups that do not receive investment from the...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] ABOUT THIS PROJECT [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Published in VoxDevLit [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text] ABSTRACT [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Aid agencies and governments spend more than a billion US$ on entrepreneurship training annually. What have we learned about the effectiveness of training? We review research on entrepreneurship training....

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text] ABSTRACT [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Policies to promote entrepreneurial activity have received much attention in recent years. However, there is still much to learn about which policies actually work, and what are the exact mechanisms by which they...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text] ABSTRACT [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We estimate the real effects of UK guarantees introduced during 2009 by exploiting firm-size eligibility restrictions and rich administrative data. Relative to matched non-eligible firms, eligible businesses had higher 5-year debt and performance,...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] ABOUT THIS PROJECT [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Published in Journal of Financial Economics [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text] ABSTRACT [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Why is high-growth entrepreneurship scarce in developing countries? Does this scarcity reflect firm capabilities constraints? We explore these questions using as a laboratory an accelerator in...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] ABSTRACT [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]This report explores how incubators and accelerators impact the startups they support, and which types of support drive this impact. It also examines how incubators and accelerators affect the wider business ecosystem.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width"...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] ABOUT THIS PROJECT [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Published in Journal of Financial Economics [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text] ABSTRACT [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The EU’s 2019 Insolvency Directive increases debt holders’ control over bankruptcy reorganization proceedings, mirroring recent trends in U.S. Chapter 11. Critics, however, claim that too few...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] ABSTRACT [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]One fundamental, long-standing pattern in the funding of early-stage companies has been the use of equity-style investments by venture capitalists (VCs). As a result, the perception has been that debt contracts are a negligible...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner css=".vc_custom_1571673734881{padding-top: 5% !important;}"][button size="medium" icon="fa-download" target="_blank" hover_type="default" text_align="center" text="BOOK DETAILS" link="https://juanitagonzalez-uribe.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1-147431.pdf"][vc_empty_space height="5px"][button size="medium" icon="fa-download" target="_blank" hover_type="default" text_align="center" text="DOWNLOAD CHAPTERS" link="https://juanitagonzalez-uribe.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Chapters-in-Accelerators-Book.pdf"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]...