Year: 2023
Type: dissertation
Abstract: While collaborations with startups can be beneficial for corporates, sourcing strategically relevant startups is challenging. A new type of accelerator offers a pre-cohort matchmaking process for corporate sponsors leading to startup collaboration projects. But how can an accelerator – external to both worlds – match asymmetric corporates and startups? To develop theory, I conduct an inductive single-case study. The study reveals a matchmaking process model with four key mechanisms (anticipating, structuring, fostering, formalizing) applied by the accelerator to establish and re-position itself as a boundary organization.
Authors: Koch, Kristina, Patzelt, Holger, Technische Universität München
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7007706933