Deconstructing Corporate Accelerator Programs: Insights From a Systematic Literature Review
这篇系统文献综述梳理了企业加速器的概念、运作机制和效果，提出了一个基于CIMO逻辑的分析框架，帮助学者和从业者理解如何配置加速器以实现特定战略目标。
Corporate accelerators (CAs) are corporate-run programs supporting startup development and growth while generating mutual benefits. Despite the considerable academic attention they have received, gaps in the discourse still persist. These include a lack of consistent understanding of what constitutes a CA within and across (emerging) subtypes and how they operate and can be configured to achieve specific outcomes. As a result, the precise operational and strategic logic of CAs remains unclear and fragmented, complicating theory development, empirical testing, and practical implementation. To address these shortcomings, we employ a context, interventions, mechanisms, outcomes (CIMO) logic rooted in the realist tradition to both systematically organize and synthesize existing findings. Specifically, this article advances the discourse on CAs by clarifying their conceptualization and operation within and across subtypes. Additionally, it links specific interventions and mechanisms to outcomes through generalizable propositions. The resulting framework offers theoretical insights for configuring CAs to fulfill specific strategic roles in various organizational settings, with implications for their effective use and paving the way for future empirical testing and performance evaluation.