Contents: 1. Accelerators: characteristics, trends and the new entrepreneurial ecosystem / Israel Drori and Mike Wright
2. Acceleration as process: a strategy process perspective on startup acceleration / Matthias Wenzel and Jochen Koch
3. External network governance and internal organizational governance of accelerators / Laurens Vandeweghe and Trent Fu
4. Understanding mentorship processes / Ronit Yitshaki and Israel Drori
5. Selection issues / Michael Leatherbee and Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe
6. Key performance indicators / Michael Leatherbee and Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe
7. Revolutionizing entrepreneurial ecosystems through US and European accelerator policy / Iris Vanaelst, Jonas van Hove and Mike Wright
8. Use of the ''ecosystem model'' by accelerators at country and regional levels / Jonas van Hove, Iris Vanaelst and Mike Wright
9. Emergence of accelerators and accelerator policy: the case of Australia / Martin Bliemel, Saskia de Klerk, Ricardo Flores and Morgan Miles
10. Accelerators: insights for a research agenda / Massimo G. Colombo, Cristina Rossi-Lamastra and Mike Wright
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