Framework for the Evaluation of SME and Entrepreneurship Policies and Programmes 2023

Annex C. Examples of other relevant evaluation studies not included in the report

 

Country	Topic	Year of the Report	Source of Evidence
Belgium	Export promotion scheme	2017	Academic article: (Broocks and Van Biesebroeck, 2017[54]). The impact of export promotion on export market entry. Journal of International Economics, 107, 19-33. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2017.03.009
Czech Republic	Business training	2019	Academic article: (Pelucha, Kveton and Potluka, 2019[55]). Using mixed method approach in measuring effects of training in firms: Case study of the European Social Fund support. Evaluation and program planning, 73, 146-155. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.12.008
Czech Republic	Investment subsidies	2019	Academic article: (Dvouletý and Blažková, 2019[56]). The Impact of Public Grants on Firm-Level Productivity: Findings from the Czech Food Industry. Sustainability, 11(2), 552. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/su11020552
Czech Republic	Business incubators, support of innovative ventures	2018	Academic article: (Dvouletý et al., 2018[57]). Are publicly funded Czech incubators effective? The comparison of performance of supported and non-supported firms. European Journal of Innovation Management, 21(4), 543-563. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-02-2018-0043
Finland	Innovation grants, R&D grants	2014	Academic article: (Einiö, 2014[58]). R&D subsidies and company performance: Evidence from geographic variation in government funding based on the ERDF population-density rule. Review of Economics and Statistics, 96(4), 710-728. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00410
Finland	Investment subsidies	2013	Academic article: (Koski and Pajarinen, 2013[59]). The role of business subsidies in job creation of start-ups, gazelles and incumbents. Small Business Economics, 41(1), 195-214. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-012-9420-5
Germany	Finance, start-up subsidy	2016	Academic article: (Caliendo, Künn and Weißenberger, 2016[60]). Personality traits and the evaluation of start-up subsidies. European Economic Review, 86, 87-108. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.11.008
Germany	Finance, start-up subsidy	2018	Academic article: (Bellmann, Caliendo and Tübbicke, 2018[61]). The Post-Reform Effectiveness of the New German Start-Up Subsidy for the Unemployed. Labour, 32(3), 293-319. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/labr.12126
Germany	Finance, start-up subsidy	2019	Working paper: (Caliendo, Künn and Weissenberger, 2020[62]). Catching up or Lagging Behind?. IZA Discussion Papers, No. 12690. Available at: https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-43701
Germany	Regional development programme, investment subsidies	2019	Academic article: (Brachert, Dettmann and Titze, 2019[63]). The regional effects of a place-based policy–Causal evidence from Germany. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 79, 103483. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2019.103483
Chile	Finance, investment tax credit	2010	Master thesis (academic): (Marshall, 2010[64]). Is the Tax Credit for SME in Chile an Effective Policy to Boost Investment? (No. 46). Center for International Development at Harvard University. Available at: https://ideas.repec.org/p/cid/wpfacu/46.html
Chile	Soft business support, counselling, advisory services	2019	Working paper: (Johan and Valenzuela, 2021[65]). Business Advisory Services and Female Employment in an Extreme Institutional Context. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3484474
Italy	Regional development programme, investment subsidies	2017	Academic article: (Pellegrini and Muccigrosso, 2017[66]). Do subsidized new firms survive longer? Evidence from a counterfactual approach. Regional Studies, 51(10), 1483-1493. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2016.1190814
Italy	Business incubators, support of innovative ventures	2019	Academic article: (Lukeš, Longo and Zouhar, 2019[67]). Do business incubators really enhance entrepreneurial growth? Evidence from a large sample of innovative Italian start-ups. Technovation, 82, 25-34. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2018.07.008
Italy	Export promotion scheme	2020	Academic article: (Comi and Resmini, 2020[68]). Are export promotion programs effective in promoting the internalization of SMEs?. Economia Politica Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40888-019-00170-8
Korea	Innovation grants, R&D grants	2015	Academic article: (Kim, Oh and Lee, 2015[69]). Economic Impact Assessment of Public–Private Matching Fund Programs Using Firm-Level Data. The Singapore Economic Review, 60(04), 1550060. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217590815500605
Latvia	Investment subsidies	2018	Working paper: (Beņkovskis, Tkačevs and Yashiro, 2019[70]). Importance of EU Regional Support Programmes for Firm Performance. (No. 2017/8). Latvijas Banka Working Paper (No. 1/2018). Available at: https://www.macroeconomics.lv/sites/default/files/2018-02/wp_1_2018_en.pdf
Portugal	Innovation grants, R&D grants	2019	Academic article: (Santos et al., 2019[71]). Which projects are selected for an innovation subsidy? The Portuguese case. Portuguese Economic Journal, (forthcoming). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10258-019-00159-y
Slovakia	Innovation grants, R&D grants	2019	Academic article: (Nemethova, Siranova and Sipikal, 2019[72]). Public support for firms in lagging regions—evaluation of innovation subsidy in Slovakia. Science and Public Policy, 46(2), 173-183. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scy046
Slovenia	Investment subsidies, anti-crisis subsidies	2012	Working paper: (Schweiger, 2012[73]). The impact of state aid for restructuring on the allocation of resources. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Available at: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.233.2068&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Spain	Finance, credit guarantee scheme	2021	Academic article: (Martín-García and Morán Santor, 2021[74]). Public guarantees: a countercyclical instrument for SME growth. Evidence from the Spanish Region of Madrid. Small Business Economics, (forthcoming). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-019-00214-0
United Kingdom	Finance, credit guarantee scheme	2018	Academic article: (Cowling, Ughetto and Lee, 2018[75]). The innovation debt penalty: Cost of debt, loan default, and the effects of a public loan guarantee on high-tech firms. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 127, 166-176. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.06.016
United States	Enterprise zones	2019	Academic article: (Zhang, 2019[76]). Rethinking US enterprise zones: The role of research design in program evaluation. Local Economy, (forthcoming). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094219871955
United States	Soft business support, counselling, advisory services	2019	Academic article published in conference proceedings: (Buffart et al., 2019[77]). Picking the Right Winners: Government Business Support Programs and Entrepreneurial Growth. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2019, No. 1, p. 10868). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. Available at: https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.10868abstract
United States	Business incubators, support of innovative ventures	2013	Academic article: (Amezcua et al., 2013[78]). Organizational sponsorship and founding environments: a contingency view on the survival of business-incubated firms, 1994–2007. Academy of Management Journal, 56(6), 1628-1654. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2011.0652