Assessing the performance of startups which have participated in acceleration programs against non-accelerated startups

Belo de Oliveira Frasco, Miguel Jorge

4. Term

Economics and Business Administration (International Business Economics), Master

2016

2016-08-10

114

I en verden, hvor iværksætteri vokser hurtigt, starter flere mennesker virksomheder, og en række støttetilbud er opstået. Et eksempel er startup-acceleratorer, programmer der har til formål at hjælpe unge virksomheder med at vokse ved at tilbyde ressourcer og støtte. Denne afhandling spørger, om acceleratorer har en varig, positiv effekt på de startups, der deltager. Konkret undersøger den, om accelererede startups klarer sig bedre end startups, der ikke har deltaget i accelerationsprogrammer. For at besvare dette præsenterer og anvender studiet en ramme for præstationsmåling til at analysere virkelige virksomhedsdata fra mere end 400 startups og teste en række hypoteser for at besvare forskningsspørgsmålet.

As entrepreneurship grows rapidly, more people are starting companies, and a range of support services has emerged. One example is startup accelerators, programs that aim to help young companies grow by providing resources and support. This thesis asks whether accelerators have a lasting, positive effect on the startups that join them. Specifically, it investigates whether accelerated startups perform better than startups that have not taken part in acceleration programs. To answer this, the study presents and applies a performance measurement framework to analyze real company data from more than 400 startups and tests a set of hypotheses to address the research question.

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Startups ; Support programs for Startups ; Acceleratord ; Incubators ; Y-Combinator ; Seedcamp ; Performance measurement metrics

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