Do start-ups benefit from coworking spaces? An empirical analysis of accelerators’ programs

Abstract Open innovation and performance have been widely studied in the literature. However, few studies examined impact of openness to different types external knowledge on start-ups’ performance. Moreover, previous literature could be further complemented by additional investigation into how coworking spaces provided accelerator programs may engender informal sources that enhance accelerated start-ups. To address this research gap, we investigate whether start-ups participating can their through information transfer from networks business programs. In order do so, draw two-stage data collection 113 Italian accelerators 2013 2016 response collected 2018. Our results reveal coopetitors, educators, investors are beneficial for outcomes These findings contribute management literature, small