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Cluster development policy, SME's performance, and spillovers : evidence from Brazil

Garone, Lucas Figal; Maffioli, Alessandro; De Negri, … - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 44 (2015) 4, pp. 925-948

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SME policy and firms' productivity in Latin America

Ibarrarán, Pablo; Maffioli, Alessandro; Stucchi, Rodolfo - 2009

Very little is known about the effectiveness of SME policies, and a careful look at the structure, mechanisms and … American and Caribbean countries to analyze the magnitude and determinants of the productivity gap between large and SME firms … and to simulate of the impact on productivity of various policy scenarios. -- SMEs ; SME policy ; productivity ; Latin …

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The effect of innovation policy on SMEs’ employment and wages in Argentina

Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Rojo … - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 42 (2014) 2, pp. 387-406

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The Impact of Soft-Skills Training for Entrepreneurs in Jamaica

Ubfal, Diego - 2019

A randomized control trial with 945 entrepreneurs in Jamaica shows positive shortterm impacts of soft-skills training on business outcomes. The effects are concentrated among men, and disappear twelve months after the training. We argue that the main channel is increased adoption of recommended...

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Can SME Policies Improve Firm Performance? Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina

Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Monsalvo, Ana P. - 2011

This paper evaluates the impact of the Argentine SME support program PRE on employment, real wages, and exports. The …

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SME Policy and Firms’ Productivity in Latin America

Ibarraran, Pablo - 2009

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The Impact of Soft-Skills Training for Entrepreneurs in Jamaica

Ubfal, Diego; Arraiz, Irani; Beuermann, Diether W.; … - 2021

There has been growing interest in approaches to business training that incorporate insights from psychology to develop soft skills associated with successful entrepreneurship. The empirical evidence on the causal effects of these approaches on entrepreneurs’ business outcomes is encouraging,...

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Innovation Policy and Employment: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina

Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Rojo, Sofía; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This paper presents the evaluation of the Enterprise Restructuring Support Program in Argentina. The aim of the program was to increase the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises by cofinancing technical assistance that can be classified as either support for process innovation or...

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The Impact of Public Credit Programs on Brazilian Firms

Maffioli, Alessandro; Negri, João Alberto De; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of public credit lines in promoting the performances of Brazilian firms. We focus on the impact of the credit lines managed by BNDES and FINEP in fostering growth measured in terms of employment, labor productivity and export. For this purpose, we use a...

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Second-tier Government Banks and Access to Credit: Micro-Evidence from Colombia

Maffioli, Alessandro; Eslava, Marcela; Arjona, Marcela … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

Government-owned development banks have often been justified by the need to respond to financial market imperfections that hinder the establishment and growth of promising businesses, and as a result, stifle economic development more generally. However, evidence on the effectiveness of these...

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