全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP8887 The Impact of Consulting Services on Small and Medium Enterprises: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Mexico

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP8887
	DP8887 The Impact of Consulting Services on Small and Medium Enterprises: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Mexico
	Antoinette Schoar; Dean Karlan; Miriam Bruhn
发表日期	2012-03-01
出版年	2012
语种	英语
摘要	We test whether managerial human capital has a first order effect on the performance and growth of small enterprises in emerging markets. In a randomized control trial in Puebla, Mexico, we randomly assigned 150 out of 432 small and medium size enterprises to receive subsidized consulting services, while the remaining 267 enterprises served as a control group that did not receive any subsidized training. Treatment enterprises were matched with one of nine local consulting firms and met with their consultants once a week for four hours over a one year period. Results from a follow-up survey, conducted after the intervention, show that the consulting services had a large impact on the performance of the enterprises in the treatment group: monthly sales went up by about 80 percent; similarly, profits and productivity increased by 120 percent compared to the control group. We also see a significant increase in the entrepreneurial spirit index for the treatment group, a set of questions designed to elicit the SME owners? confidence in their ability to manage their business and deal with any future difficulties. However, we do not find any significant increase in the number of workers employed in the treatment group.
主题	Development Economics
关键词	Enterprise growth entrepreneurship Managerial capital
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp8887
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/537723
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Antoinette Schoar,Dean Karlan,Miriam Bruhn. DP8887 The Impact of Consulting Services on Small and Medium Enterprises: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Mexico. 2012.