The Appeal of Social Accelerators: What do Social Entrepreneurs Value?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2-2017
Abstract
Are the most-publicized benefits of social accelerators also the ones most valued by social entrepreneurs? Does the social entrepreneur human capital–such as education, professional background and experience–shape the attractiveness of value propositions of different social accelerator benefits? These important questions are examined in this study by drawing upon a large and unique database of more than 4,000 social entrepreneurs worldwide who have applied to social accelerator programmes. Study findings are of value not only to social entrepreneurship scholars but also to social entrepreneurs, social accelerators, funders of accelerators and other entities in the social entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Publication Title
Journal of Social Entrepreneurship
First Page Number
88
Last Page Number
109
DOI
10.1080/19420676.2017.1299035
Recommended Citation
Pandey, Sheela; Lall, Saurabh; Pandey, Sanjay K.; and Ahlawat, Sucheta, "The Appeal of Social Accelerators: What do Social Entrepreneurs Value?" (2017). Kean Publications. 1641.
https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/keanpublications/1641