Open AccessEvaluating Business Accelerator Participants’ Experiences: Effectuation at Play?1
Author(s) -
Marzena Starnawska
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of management and financial sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2657-5612
pISSN - 1899-8968
DOI - 10.33119/jmfs.2018.31.7
Subject(s) - grounded theory , entrepreneurship , interpersonal communication , heuristics , work (physics) , psychology , interpretative phenomenological analysis , qualitative research , sociology , public relations , business , social psychology , computer science , political science , engineering , social science , finance , mechanical engineering , operating system
Responding to the new phenomena in entrepreneurship ecosystems in Poland, the author undertakes the study that aims to explore experiences of the participants of (pre)accelerator programme for start-ups. Clipster is a business acceleration and incubation programme, where participants have a unique co-living opportunity and work on their new venture ideas. With phenomenological interviews with six nascent entrepreneurs – participants working on their new venture ideas andemployment of inductive research approach, the author uses grounded theory analysis methods. The results provide 4 key categories that reflect effectuation heuristics. The findings contribute to acceleration and incubation literature by providing insights into the interactive and dynamic nature on the micro level of individual and interpersonal behaviours and processes among the programme participants.