Corporate Accelerator Programs. : : How Incumbents’ Motives and Operative Support Practices Impact Startup Success.

• Author: Moschner, Sandra-Luisa.
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen : : Cuvillier Verlag,, 2021.; {copy}2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (269 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Index of figures
• Index of tables
• List of abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Research motivation
• 1.2 Research objectives and contribution
• 1.3 Outline of the thesis
• 2 Theoretical foundation of the accelerator and open innovation
• 2.1 The accelerator as a venture development organization
• 2.2 Open innovation for accessing external resources
• 3 Qualitative exploration of corporate accelerators as a new open innovation approach
• 3.1 Methodology
• 3.2 Findings
• 3.3 Discussion
• 4 Quantitative exploration of incumbents' motives, design ele-ments, and operative practices in corporate accelerators
• 4.1 Methodology
• 4.2 Empirical findings
• 5 Discussion
• 5.1 Incumbent's motives and operative practices in corporate accelerators
• 5.2 Operative practices in corporate accelerators
• 6 Conclusion
• 6.1 Theoretical implications
• 6.2 Managerial implications
• 6.3 Limitations and future research
• Appendix.