Management

Limitations and Future Research

The boundaries of the dissertation are presented in this section, as well as recommendations for future research. Acknowledging limitations is…

Contributions to the Field

This section discusses the academic and practical implications of the empirical findings presented in Chapter 4. The aim is to…

Summary of Findings

Are corporate accelerators springboards for startups? This section summarises the main empirical results of the dissertation and connects them back…

Interpretation of Findings

This section synthesizes the statistical results presented in Chapter 4 and interprets them to assess whether corporate accelerators—specifically Google and…

Conceptual Framework for Startup Accelerators

This section outlines the conceptual framework to give an understanding of the performance analysis of startups accelerated by Google and…

Miscellaneous Analysis: Binary Outcomes and Strategic Indicators

This section explores binary indicators of results from corporate accelerators for startups to complement the funding-based evaluations from previous sections,…

Regression Analysis for Corporate Accelerator Performance

This section presents a lineal regression analysis for corporate accelerator performance, focusing on funding outcomes (i.e. measurable results) in the period…

ANOVA Analysis for Corporate Accelerator Performance

This section presents the ANOVA Analysis for corporate accelerator performance, comparing the funding and investment into startups accelerated by Google and Microsoft, as a…

Descriptive Statistics: Startup Profiles from Google and Microsoft Accelerators

Before evaluating whether corporate accelerators act as springboards or sand traps for startup performance, it is important to explore the…

Variable Roles in the Analytical Strategy

This section clarifies the analytical role of each variable used in the evaluation of Google and Microsoft corporate accelerator programs…

Data Collection Methods: Sourcing Startup Performance

The effectiveness of this study depends largely on the quality and relevance of its data. Since the goal of this…

Research Design: Structure of the Study

This section outlines the research design of the dissertation titled “Are corporate accelerators springboards for startups: a performance analysis of Microsoft’s…