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CONCLUSIONS 4. Carter EA, Burd RS, Monroe M, Plaisant C,
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investors, and entrepreneurs. Key goals include a 5. Onukwugha E, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B. Data
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event analytic approaches seem likely to produce Johnson J, Mohamed A, Norman K, Prindle E,
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS spatial analysis to identify economic develop-
This research was supported in part by the ment strategies. College Park (MD): University
National Science Foundation, Award #1551041. The of Maryland, College Park; 2015.
authors declare no conflicts of interest. Scott Demp- 7. Dempwolf CS, Auer J, Dippolito M. Innova-
wolf wishes to acknowledge ongoing research support tion accelerators: defining characteristics among
from the U.S. Economic Development Administra- startup assistance organizations. Washington
tion’s University Center Program. (DC): Small Business Administration; 2014.
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