Identifying and boosting “Gazelles”: Evidence from business accelerators |
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| Authors: | Juanita González-Uribe Santiago Reyes |
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| Institution: | 1. London School of Economics, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE, London, United Kingdom;2. Inter-American Development Bank 1300 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States;1. Erasmus Scchool of Economics - Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam PA 3062, the Netherlands;2. Tilburg University - Warandelaan 2, Tilburg AB 5037, the Netherlands;1. Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo Business School, Pilestredet 46, Oslo 0130, Norway;2. The Arctic University of Norway, Hansine Hansens veg 18, Tromsø N-9019, Norway;3. Department of Banking and Finance, Monash University, 900 Dandenong Rd., Caulfield East VIC 3145, Australia;1. Harvard Business School, United States;2. Princeton University, United States;1. Department of Finance, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Blvd., Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China;2. Department of Finance and Economics, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University, 100 Rockafeller Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States;3. Department of Finance, DePaul University, 1 E. Jackson Blvd., Suite 5500, Chicago, IL 60604, United States;1. Carroll School of Management, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA;2. Swiss Finance Institute at EPFL, Quartier UNIL-Dorigny, Extranef 213, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland;3. Carl H. Lindner College of Business, 2906 Woodside Drive, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA |
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| Abstract: | Why is high-growth entrepreneurship scarce in developing countries? Does this scarcity reflect firm capabilities constraints? We explore these questions using as a laboratory an accelerator in Colombia that selects participants using scores from randomly assigned judges and offers them training, advice, and visibility but no cash. Exploiting exogenous differences in judges’ scoring generosity, we show that alleviating constraints to firm capabilities unlocks innovative entrepreneurs’ potential but does not transform subpar ideas into high-growth firms. The results demonstrate that some high-potential entrepreneurs in developing economies face firm capabilities constraints and accelerators can help identify these entrepreneurs and boost their growth. |
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