Identifying and Spurring High-Growth Entrepreneurship
Almost all firms in developing countries have fewer than 10 workers, with the modal firm consisting of just the owner. Are there potential high-growth entrepreneurs with the ability to grow their firms beyond this size? And, if so, can public policy help alleviate the constraints that prevent these entrepreneurs from doing so? A large-scale national business plan competition in Nigeria is used to help provide evidence on these two questions. The competition was launched with much fanfare, and attracted almost 24,000 entrants. Random assignment was used to select some of the winners from a pool of semi-finalists, with US$36 million in randomly allocated grant funding providing each winner with an average of almost US$50,000. Surveys tracking applicants over three years show that winning the business plan competition leads to greater firm entry, higher survival of existing businesses, higher profits and sales, and higher employment, including increases of over 20 percentage points in the likelihood of a firm having 10 or more workers. These effects appear to occur largely through the grants enabling firms to purchase more capital and hire more labor.
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dig-okr-10986224372024-08-07T20:19:48Z Identifying and Spurring High-Growth Entrepreneurship Experimental Evidence from a Business Plan Competition McKenzie, David EQUIPMENT ACCOUNTING ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CUSTOMER INSTALLATION CERTIFICATE MATERIALS SALES RADIO STATIONS E-COMMERCE MEDIUM ENTERPRISES BUSINESS SCHOOLS INFORMATION SELLING MONITORING ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL BUSINESS NETWORKS IMPACT ASSESSMENT MEDIUM ENTERPRISE CONSULTANTS IMPACTS NEW PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTION BREAKEVEN ANALYSIS CASHFLOW BUDGET CONSTRAINTS COMPUTER TRAINING PRICE OWNERSHIP VERIFICATION RETAIL TRADE PLANNING TIME PERIOD ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS QUALITY PERSONAL INFORMATION REPORTING TRAINING COURSE REGISTRY COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS SATELLITE TELEVISION COST EFFECTIVENESS INSTITUTIONS DATA ADVERTISING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMERCE CONTROL SYSTEMS ACQUISITION BUSINESS INNOVATION IMPACT EVALUATION LICENSE LOGISTICS TARGETS BUSINESS OWNERSHIP PRODUCTIVITY BUSINESS OPERATION CRITERIA DIRECT COSTS MARKETING MARKETING STRATEGY PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS INPUTS INVENTORIES EMPLOYMENT CREATION INVENTORY RADIO ACCOUNT BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS APPLICATIONS TELEPHONE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION RESOURCES MANUFACTURING PHONE TECHNOLOGY MARKET SEGMENTATION TRAINING COURSES INVENTORY LEVELS VERTICAL INTEGRATION BUSINESS PLAN TIME FRAME SOFTWARE CUSTOMER BASE RESULTS NETWORKS COST PRIVATE SECTOR BALANCE SHEET TRANSPARENT WAY QUALITY CONTROL MARKETING RESEARCH RESULT INNOVATION POLICY SECURITY BUSINESSES BUSINESS IDEAS BUSINESS NETWORK BUSINESS LEADERS PERFORMANCE PURCHASING BUSINESS PLANS FINANCIAL PLANNING INNOVATION INSTITUTION BUSINESS SECTORS PROFIT ACCOUNTS COMMUNICATION QUALITY ASSURANCE NEW TECHNOLOGY CUSTOMERS BUSINESS IDEA COST PER JOB COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROFITS CUSTOMER DEMAND BUSINESS RESEARCH GROWTH POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION TARGET USES CASH FLOW BUSINESS TRAINING Almost all firms in developing countries have fewer than 10 workers, with the modal firm consisting of just the owner. Are there potential high-growth entrepreneurs with the ability to grow their firms beyond this size? And, if so, can public policy help alleviate the constraints that prevent these entrepreneurs from doing so? A large-scale national business plan competition in Nigeria is used to help provide evidence on these two questions. The competition was launched with much fanfare, and attracted almost 24,000 entrants. Random assignment was used to select some of the winners from a pool of semi-finalists, with US$36 million in randomly allocated grant funding providing each winner with an average of almost US$50,000. Surveys tracking applicants over three years show that winning the business plan competition leads to greater firm entry, higher survival of existing businesses, higher profits and sales, and higher employment, including increases of over 20 percentage points in the likelihood of a firm having 10 or more workers. These effects appear to occur largely through the grants enabling firms to purchase more capital and hire more labor. 2015-08-17T18:07:20Z 2015-08-17T18:07:20Z 2015-08 Working Paper Document de travail Documento de trabajo http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24899889/identifying-spurring-high-growth-entrepreneurship-experimental-evidence-business-plan-competition https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22437 English en_US Policy Research working paper,no. WPS 7391,Impact Evaluation series; Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7391 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC |
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EQUIPMENT ACCOUNTING ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CUSTOMER INSTALLATION CERTIFICATE MATERIALS SALES RADIO STATIONS E-COMMERCE MEDIUM ENTERPRISES BUSINESS SCHOOLS INFORMATION SELLING MONITORING ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL BUSINESS NETWORKS IMPACT ASSESSMENT MEDIUM ENTERPRISE CONSULTANTS IMPACTS NEW PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTION BREAKEVEN ANALYSIS CASHFLOW BUDGET CONSTRAINTS COMPUTER TRAINING PRICE OWNERSHIP VERIFICATION RETAIL TRADE PLANNING TIME PERIOD ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS QUALITY PERSONAL INFORMATION REPORTING TRAINING COURSE REGISTRY COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS SATELLITE TELEVISION COST EFFECTIVENESS INSTITUTIONS DATA ADVERTISING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMERCE CONTROL SYSTEMS ACQUISITION BUSINESS INNOVATION IMPACT EVALUATION LICENSE LOGISTICS TARGETS BUSINESS OWNERSHIP PRODUCTIVITY BUSINESS OPERATION CRITERIA DIRECT COSTS MARKETING MARKETING STRATEGY PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS INPUTS INVENTORIES EMPLOYMENT CREATION INVENTORY RADIO ACCOUNT BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS APPLICATIONS TELEPHONE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION RESOURCES MANUFACTURING PHONE TECHNOLOGY MARKET SEGMENTATION TRAINING COURSES INVENTORY LEVELS VERTICAL INTEGRATION BUSINESS PLAN TIME FRAME SOFTWARE CUSTOMER BASE RESULTS NETWORKS COST PRIVATE SECTOR BALANCE SHEET TRANSPARENT WAY QUALITY CONTROL MARKETING RESEARCH RESULT INNOVATION POLICY SECURITY BUSINESSES BUSINESS IDEAS BUSINESS NETWORK BUSINESS LEADERS PERFORMANCE PURCHASING BUSINESS PLANS FINANCIAL PLANNING INNOVATION INSTITUTION BUSINESS SECTORS PROFIT ACCOUNTS COMMUNICATION QUALITY ASSURANCE NEW TECHNOLOGY CUSTOMERS BUSINESS IDEA COST PER JOB COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROFITS CUSTOMER DEMAND BUSINESS RESEARCH GROWTH POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION TARGET USES CASH FLOW BUSINESS TRAINING EQUIPMENT ACCOUNTING ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CUSTOMER INSTALLATION CERTIFICATE MATERIALS SALES RADIO STATIONS E-COMMERCE MEDIUM ENTERPRISES BUSINESS SCHOOLS INFORMATION SELLING MONITORING ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL BUSINESS NETWORKS IMPACT ASSESSMENT MEDIUM ENTERPRISE CONSULTANTS IMPACTS NEW PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTION BREAKEVEN ANALYSIS CASHFLOW BUDGET CONSTRAINTS COMPUTER TRAINING PRICE OWNERSHIP VERIFICATION RETAIL TRADE PLANNING TIME PERIOD ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS QUALITY PERSONAL INFORMATION REPORTING TRAINING COURSE REGISTRY COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS SATELLITE TELEVISION COST EFFECTIVENESS INSTITUTIONS DATA ADVERTISING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMERCE CONTROL SYSTEMS ACQUISITION BUSINESS INNOVATION IMPACT EVALUATION LICENSE LOGISTICS TARGETS BUSINESS OWNERSHIP PRODUCTIVITY BUSINESS OPERATION CRITERIA DIRECT COSTS MARKETING MARKETING STRATEGY PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS INPUTS INVENTORIES EMPLOYMENT CREATION INVENTORY RADIO ACCOUNT BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS APPLICATIONS TELEPHONE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION RESOURCES MANUFACTURING PHONE TECHNOLOGY MARKET SEGMENTATION TRAINING COURSES INVENTORY LEVELS VERTICAL INTEGRATION BUSINESS PLAN TIME FRAME SOFTWARE CUSTOMER BASE RESULTS NETWORKS COST PRIVATE SECTOR BALANCE SHEET TRANSPARENT WAY QUALITY CONTROL MARKETING RESEARCH RESULT INNOVATION POLICY SECURITY BUSINESSES BUSINESS IDEAS BUSINESS NETWORK BUSINESS LEADERS PERFORMANCE PURCHASING BUSINESS PLANS FINANCIAL PLANNING INNOVATION INSTITUTION BUSINESS SECTORS PROFIT ACCOUNTS COMMUNICATION QUALITY ASSURANCE NEW TECHNOLOGY CUSTOMERS BUSINESS IDEA COST PER JOB COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROFITS CUSTOMER DEMAND BUSINESS RESEARCH GROWTH POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION TARGET USES CASH FLOW BUSINESS TRAINING |
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EQUIPMENT ACCOUNTING ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CUSTOMER INSTALLATION CERTIFICATE MATERIALS SALES RADIO STATIONS E-COMMERCE MEDIUM ENTERPRISES BUSINESS SCHOOLS INFORMATION SELLING MONITORING ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL BUSINESS NETWORKS IMPACT ASSESSMENT MEDIUM ENTERPRISE CONSULTANTS IMPACTS NEW PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTION BREAKEVEN ANALYSIS CASHFLOW BUDGET CONSTRAINTS COMPUTER TRAINING PRICE OWNERSHIP VERIFICATION RETAIL TRADE PLANNING TIME PERIOD ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS QUALITY PERSONAL INFORMATION REPORTING TRAINING COURSE REGISTRY COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS SATELLITE TELEVISION COST EFFECTIVENESS INSTITUTIONS DATA ADVERTISING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMERCE CONTROL SYSTEMS ACQUISITION BUSINESS INNOVATION IMPACT EVALUATION LICENSE LOGISTICS TARGETS BUSINESS OWNERSHIP PRODUCTIVITY BUSINESS OPERATION CRITERIA DIRECT COSTS MARKETING MARKETING STRATEGY PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS INPUTS INVENTORIES EMPLOYMENT CREATION INVENTORY RADIO ACCOUNT BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS APPLICATIONS TELEPHONE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION RESOURCES MANUFACTURING PHONE TECHNOLOGY MARKET SEGMENTATION TRAINING COURSES INVENTORY LEVELS VERTICAL INTEGRATION BUSINESS PLAN TIME FRAME SOFTWARE CUSTOMER BASE RESULTS NETWORKS COST PRIVATE SECTOR BALANCE SHEET TRANSPARENT WAY QUALITY CONTROL MARKETING RESEARCH RESULT INNOVATION POLICY SECURITY BUSINESSES BUSINESS IDEAS BUSINESS NETWORK BUSINESS LEADERS PERFORMANCE PURCHASING BUSINESS PLANS FINANCIAL PLANNING INNOVATION INSTITUTION BUSINESS SECTORS PROFIT ACCOUNTS COMMUNICATION QUALITY ASSURANCE NEW TECHNOLOGY CUSTOMERS BUSINESS IDEA COST PER JOB COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROFITS CUSTOMER DEMAND BUSINESS RESEARCH GROWTH POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION TARGET USES CASH FLOW BUSINESS TRAINING EQUIPMENT ACCOUNTING ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CUSTOMER INSTALLATION CERTIFICATE MATERIALS SALES RADIO STATIONS E-COMMERCE MEDIUM ENTERPRISES BUSINESS SCHOOLS INFORMATION SELLING MONITORING ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL BUSINESS NETWORKS IMPACT ASSESSMENT MEDIUM ENTERPRISE CONSULTANTS IMPACTS NEW PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTION BREAKEVEN ANALYSIS CASHFLOW BUDGET CONSTRAINTS COMPUTER TRAINING PRICE OWNERSHIP VERIFICATION RETAIL TRADE PLANNING TIME PERIOD ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS QUALITY PERSONAL INFORMATION REPORTING TRAINING COURSE REGISTRY COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS SATELLITE TELEVISION COST EFFECTIVENESS INSTITUTIONS DATA ADVERTISING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMERCE CONTROL SYSTEMS ACQUISITION BUSINESS INNOVATION IMPACT EVALUATION LICENSE LOGISTICS TARGETS BUSINESS OWNERSHIP PRODUCTIVITY BUSINESS OPERATION CRITERIA DIRECT COSTS MARKETING MARKETING STRATEGY PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS INPUTS INVENTORIES EMPLOYMENT CREATION INVENTORY RADIO ACCOUNT BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS APPLICATIONS TELEPHONE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION RESOURCES MANUFACTURING PHONE TECHNOLOGY MARKET SEGMENTATION TRAINING COURSES INVENTORY LEVELS VERTICAL INTEGRATION BUSINESS PLAN TIME FRAME SOFTWARE CUSTOMER BASE RESULTS NETWORKS COST PRIVATE SECTOR BALANCE SHEET TRANSPARENT WAY QUALITY CONTROL MARKETING RESEARCH RESULT INNOVATION POLICY SECURITY BUSINESSES BUSINESS IDEAS BUSINESS NETWORK BUSINESS LEADERS PERFORMANCE PURCHASING BUSINESS PLANS FINANCIAL PLANNING INNOVATION INSTITUTION BUSINESS SECTORS PROFIT ACCOUNTS COMMUNICATION QUALITY ASSURANCE NEW TECHNOLOGY CUSTOMERS BUSINESS IDEA COST PER JOB COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROFITS CUSTOMER DEMAND BUSINESS RESEARCH GROWTH POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION TARGET USES CASH FLOW BUSINESS TRAINING McKenzie, David Identifying and Spurring High-Growth Entrepreneurship |
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Almost all firms in developing countries
have fewer than 10 workers, with the modal firm consisting
of just the owner. Are there potential high-growth
entrepreneurs with the ability to grow their firms beyond
this size? And, if so, can public policy help alleviate the
constraints that prevent these entrepreneurs from doing so?
A large-scale national business plan competition in Nigeria
is used to help provide evidence on these two questions. The
competition was launched with much fanfare, and attracted
almost 24,000 entrants. Random assignment was used to select
some of the winners from a pool of semi-finalists, with
US$36 million in randomly allocated grant funding providing
each winner with an average of almost US$50,000. Surveys
tracking applicants over three years show that winning the
business plan competition leads to greater firm entry,
higher survival of existing businesses, higher profits and
sales, and higher employment, including increases of over 20
percentage points in the likelihood of a firm having 10 or
more workers. These effects appear to occur largely through
the grants enabling firms to purchase more capital and hire
more labor. |
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EQUIPMENT ACCOUNTING ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CUSTOMER INSTALLATION CERTIFICATE MATERIALS SALES RADIO STATIONS E-COMMERCE MEDIUM ENTERPRISES BUSINESS SCHOOLS INFORMATION SELLING MONITORING ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL BUSINESS NETWORKS IMPACT ASSESSMENT MEDIUM ENTERPRISE CONSULTANTS IMPACTS NEW PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTION BREAKEVEN ANALYSIS CASHFLOW BUDGET CONSTRAINTS COMPUTER TRAINING PRICE OWNERSHIP VERIFICATION RETAIL TRADE PLANNING TIME PERIOD ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS QUALITY PERSONAL INFORMATION REPORTING TRAINING COURSE REGISTRY COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS SATELLITE TELEVISION COST EFFECTIVENESS INSTITUTIONS DATA ADVERTISING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMERCE CONTROL SYSTEMS ACQUISITION BUSINESS INNOVATION IMPACT EVALUATION LICENSE LOGISTICS TARGETS BUSINESS OWNERSHIP PRODUCTIVITY BUSINESS OPERATION CRITERIA DIRECT COSTS MARKETING MARKETING STRATEGY PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS INPUTS INVENTORIES EMPLOYMENT CREATION INVENTORY RADIO ACCOUNT BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS APPLICATIONS TELEPHONE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION RESOURCES MANUFACTURING PHONE TECHNOLOGY MARKET SEGMENTATION TRAINING COURSES INVENTORY LEVELS VERTICAL INTEGRATION BUSINESS PLAN TIME FRAME SOFTWARE CUSTOMER BASE RESULTS NETWORKS COST PRIVATE SECTOR BALANCE SHEET TRANSPARENT WAY QUALITY CONTROL MARKETING RESEARCH RESULT INNOVATION POLICY SECURITY BUSINESSES BUSINESS IDEAS BUSINESS NETWORK BUSINESS LEADERS PERFORMANCE PURCHASING BUSINESS PLANS FINANCIAL PLANNING INNOVATION INSTITUTION BUSINESS SECTORS PROFIT ACCOUNTS COMMUNICATION QUALITY ASSURANCE NEW TECHNOLOGY CUSTOMERS BUSINESS IDEA COST PER JOB COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROFITS CUSTOMER DEMAND BUSINESS RESEARCH GROWTH POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION TARGET USES CASH FLOW BUSINESS TRAINING |
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Identifying and Spurring High-Growth Entrepreneurship |
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Identifying and Spurring High-Growth Entrepreneurship |
title_full |
Identifying and Spurring High-Growth Entrepreneurship |
title_fullStr |
Identifying and Spurring High-Growth Entrepreneurship |
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Identifying and Spurring High-Growth Entrepreneurship |
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identifying and spurring high-growth entrepreneurship |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015-08 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24899889/identifying-spurring-high-growth-entrepreneurship-experimental-evidence-business-plan-competition https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22437 |
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