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In recent decades, various innovations, such as the introduction of personal computers, the internet, and smartphones, and their applications have heavily influenced the way people live and conduct economic activities. These technological advancements have been driven by young, innovative, growth-oriented companies that have acquired enormous market shares in the process and changed the conventional structures of entire markets. Prominent examples of such startups include Apple, SAP, and Microsoft in the personal computer market; Amazon, Google, Alibaba, and Facebook with the worldwide adoption of the internet; and Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, and WeChat with the diffusion of smartphones.
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Harima, J. (2020). Introduction. In: Public Accelerators in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31655-6_1
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