Examinando por Materia "Programas de aceleración"

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    Impulsando la competitividad territorial a través de la aceleración de emprendimientos con impacto rural : análisis de la contribución del programa En-Campo de Fundación Bancolombia en el Suroeste antioqueño
    (Universidad EAFIT, 2024) Castrillón Giraldo, Laura; Betancur Torres, Angie Carolina; Salazar Llinás, Luis Felipe
    This research examines the contribution and scope of the En-Campo program by the Bancolombia Foundation in the territorial competitiveness of Southwestern Antioquia. Within the context of Shared Value, local development, and particularly territorial competitiveness, the research focuses on how this program contributes to the strengthening of businesses and its influence on the development of better economic and social conditions for their communities through the generation of Shared Value. The main objective is to determine how the businesses participating in the En-Campo program have contributed to improving territorial competitiveness through their direct impact on the communities related to their business. To achieve this, a qualitative-descriptive approach is adopted, utilizing semi-structured interviews to gather the businesses' perceptions and secondary data analysis. The findings show that the businesses participating in the En-Campo program have positively contributed to enhancing territorial competitiveness by strengthening and implementing strategies that improve productivity, diversification of activities, and living conditions of rural communities across social, environmental, economic, and institutional dimensions. In conclusion, the study highlights the diversity of actions implemented by businesses to improve the sector's conditions and their communities, emphasizing the relevance of the En-Campo program in generating Shared Value and territorial competitiveness in Southwestern Antioquia.
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    Scaling new ventures with public funding : assessing a business acceleration program in a developing country
    (Universidad EAFIT, 2022) Rodríguez Vahos, Alejandro; Aparicio Rincón, Sebastián
    A debate on whether new ventures should be supported or not with public funding is alive. Taking a position in this discussion requires rigorous assessments of implemented programs. However, a few efforts mostly focused on regional cases in developed countries exists. By filling up this gap, our paper seeks to measure the effects of a regional acceleration program from Medellin, Colombia. We take support from capabilities theory, which sets the basis to suggest different firm characteristics that help with the identification of an appropriate impact evaluation modeling through propensity score match, using a sample of 60 (treatment) and 16,994 (control) firms. Our matching results indicate that treated firms had a higher revenue on average than control firms, confirming a positive impact on growth measures. However, such financial growth is mostly observed in service firms as compared to other economic sectors. These findings tip the balance in favor of the literature suggesting supportive programs for high-growth firms as opposed to everyday entrepreneurship. Further evaluations, with a longer time span, and using more outcome variables, are suggested in the context of similar public funded programs in developing countries.