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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages 1459-1479Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/EJIM-04-2020-0139
Keywords
Business accelerator; Industry transformation; Regional development; Business ecosystem; Life science business
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This study aims to investigate the role and characteristics of life science accelerators in the business ecosystem. The findings suggest that cooperation, entrepreneurial skill development among participants, and demand-based project approach are key factors that influence the existing business ecosystems.
Purpose Business accelerators have recently received increasing attention as important cogs in business ecosystem development. However, their exact role in the ecosystem is not yet well known, especially outside the IT sector. The purpose of this study is, therefore, twofold: to determine the position of life science accelerators in the business ecosystem and the attributes of support for companies and to identify key features of the life science accelerators that contribute to the change in business ecosystems. Design/methodology/approach The authors offer an exploratory case study of five life science business accelerators and analyze the main factors affecting the companies and the whole business ecosystem. The authors build upon the scarce literature on business accelerators and consider a new type of accelerator that specializes in life science projects and study its role in the transformation and evolution of the life science industry. Findings The authors have defined the role and key parameters of life science accelerators that influence the existing business ecosystems: (1) cooperation with other regions and countries, (2) development of entrepreneurial skills among participants of the business accelerators program and (3) a project on demand-based approach. Originality/value The key parameters of the life science accelerators allow to concentrate these efforts on the activities that are most demanded by the market. Business accelerators can increase the created value for other program participants.
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