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Heuristics in corporate accelerator evaluation process: an empirical analysis
| Resumo: | Corporate accelerator programs are an important part of the start-up ecosystem. Before joining, start-ups are evaluated. In this evaluation process, evaluators are confronted with uncertainty and limited resources and will use heuristics which can result in biased decisions. Heuristics are mental shortcuts that offer a cost efficient decision alternative based on cues – pieces of information by which a hidden quality can be inferred. This study investigates what such heuristics could be, tests them on 96 start-up evaluations, and finds that companies whose founders have names from regions where the parent company of the accelerator is active receive a more positive evaluation. |
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| Autores principais: | Weiss, Daniel |
| Assunto: | Start-ups Corporate accelerator Innovation management Corporate innovation Heuristics Start-up evaluation |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | Corporate accelerator programs are an important part of the start-up ecosystem. Before joining, start-ups are evaluated. In this evaluation process, evaluators are confronted with uncertainty and limited resources and will use heuristics which can result in biased decisions. Heuristics are mental shortcuts that offer a cost efficient decision alternative based on cues – pieces of information by which a hidden quality can be inferred. This study investigates what such heuristics could be, tests them on 96 start-up evaluations, and finds that companies whose founders have names from regions where the parent company of the accelerator is active receive a more positive evaluation. |
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