Introduce me to your network: temporary intermediary organizations and spatial network spillovers in entrepreneurial finance
研究利用加速器项目数据，发现参与者地理多样性越高，越容易在加速器期间融资并形成跨区域投资联系，这种效应集中在投资者路演事件，表明临时组织能短暂缓解空间约束。
Abstract This study examines how temporary intermediary organizations enable episodic coordination across spatially segmented capital markets. Using accelerator cohorts as an empirical setting, we show that greater geographic diversity among participants is associated with a higher likelihood of fundraising during the accelerator period and with the formation of cross-regional investment ties, particularly with investors located in peers’ home regions. These effects are concentrated around the investor pitch event, indicating that the benefits of geographic diversity arise from short-lived opportunities for network mobilization rather than from durable capability accumulation. The findings highlight how layered, time-bounded organizational arrangements can momentarily relax spatial constraints without altering underlying, path-dependent institutional structures, offering an explanation for how coordination occurs across regions in industrial systems.