Effectiveness and efficiency of SME innovation policy

Foreman-Peck, James S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-5725 2013. Effectiveness and efficiency of SME innovation policy. Small Business Economics 41 (1) , pp. 55-70. 10.1007/s11187-012-9426-z

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Abstract

This paper assesses UK innovation policy impact on a large, population weighted, sample of both service and manufacturing SMEs. By focussing on self-reported innovation the study achieves a wider coverage of the effects of SME innovation policy than possible with more traditional indicators. Propensity score matching indicates that SMEs receiving UK state support for innovation were more likely to innovate than unsupported comparable enterprises. Innovating enterprises are shown to have grown significantly faster over the years 2002–2004 when other growth influences are appropriately controlled. Combining these two results and comparing the outlays on SME innovation policy with the estimated effects suggests that policy was efficient as well as effective. There is evidence that SME tax credits were expensive compared with earlier support instruments. But the overall high returns estimated suggest that, even in times of public spending cuts, persisting with SME innovation policy would be prudent.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Innovation; State aid; SME; Policy evaluation
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0921-898X
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 09:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/35724

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