Description
- Donald Siegel, Arizona State University, US
Understanding how accelerators build an entrepreneurial ecosystem, generate innovations and create new technologies is key for anyone wishing to nurture a start-up company. This book compares the success of accelerators in comparison to the independent growth of new companies or incubators through a series of in-depth studies.
Accelerators: Successful Venture Creation and Growth examines how the organisational structures and practices of start-up accelerators generate innovations and identify new technologies, products and services. Mike Wright and Israel Drori have developed an entrepreneurial approach to this topic, exploring accelerators and start-ups as temporary organisations. This allows the contributing authors to highlight issues relating to both internal and external processes.
This book focuses on an important entrepreneurship trend that is growing, but has not yet undergone thorough research, and as such, is key for anyone wishing to understand the topic. This would be a stimulating and valuable read for entrepreneurs, policymakers and students looking to enter accelerators.
Contributors include: M. Bliemel, M.G. Colombo, S. de Klerk, I. Drori, R. Flores, J.-Y. Fu, J. Gonzalez-Uribe, J. Koch, M. Leatherbee, M.P. Miles, C. Rossi-Lamastra, J. Van Hove, I. Vanaelst, L. Vandeweghe, M. Wenzel, M. Wright, R. Yitshaki
About the Author
Edited by the late Mike Wright, formerly Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director, Centre for Management Buyout Research, Imperial College Business School, London, UK and Israel Drori, Head of the Department of Organization Sciences and Chaired Professor of Organization and Globalization, Faculty of Social Science, VU, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Reviews
'In this book, Mike Wright and Israel Drori do a masterful job in bringing together some of the best thinkers about accelerators and their growing role in today's dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystems. These authors address the functioning, contributions and the factors that shape the success of these accelerators. They also address how to manage them for greater value creation. The chapters are well written and highly integrated, making for a great scholarly contribution to the field of entrepreneurship.'
--Shaker A. Zahra, University of Minnesota, US
'Professors Wright and Drori have written the definitive book on accelerators, which are an important new vehicle for supporting entrepreneurship. I recommend this book to anyone interested in contemporary entrepreneurship.'
--Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis, US
'Scholars as well as thought leaders in business and policy have been searching for the elixir to entrepreneurial growth. They need look no further. Wright and Dori have assembled and directed a leading team of internationally acclaimed scholar to highlight and analyze the key and unique role that incubators play in spurring entrepreneurial growth. The volume is loaded with compelling insights that will be invaluable to academics and practitioners alike.'
--David Audretsch, Indiana State University, US
Book Information
ISBN 9781786434081
Author Mike Wright
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
