The impact of consulting services on small and medium enterprises: evidence from a randomized trial in Mexico (English)

• Author

  Bruhn,Miriam, Karlan,Dean S., Schoar,Antoinette

• Document Date

  2013/06/01

• Document Type

  Policy Research Working Paper

• Report Number

  WPS6508

• Volume No

  1

• Total Volume(s)

  1

• Country

  Mexico,

• Region

  Latin America & Caribbean,

• Disclosure Date

  2013/06/01

• Disclosure Status

  Disclosed

• Doc Name

  The impact of consulting services on small and medium enterprises: evidence from a randomized trial in Mexico

• Keywords

  Finance & Private Sector Development;small and medium enterprise;Consulting services;small and medium size enterprise;treatment group;average number of employees;return on asset;standard deviation;total wage bill;credit market failure;average daily wage;years of schooling;journal of finance;points of sale;total factor productivity;impact on productivity;competitive bidding process;annual wage bill;human resource management;impact on sales;social security administration;number of workers;impacts on employment;risk taking ability;regression of log;constraints to entrepreneurship;business practice;treatment effect;managerial skill;commerce sector;firm performance;management consulting;entrepreneurial spirit;business performance;firm size;micro enterprise;confidence interval;manufacturing sector;record keeping;robustness check;

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• Language

  English

• Topics

  Private Sector Development, Education, Skills Development and Labor Market, Manufacturing Sectors, Poverty, Employment and Wage Data,

• Historic Topics

  Private Sector Development, Macroeconomics and Economic Growth, Finance and Financial Sector Development,

• Historic SubTopics

  Private Sector Economics, Construction Industry, Common Carriers Industry, Food & Beverage Industry, General Manufacturing, Pulp & Paper Industry, Plastics & Rubber Industry, Administrative & Civil Service Reform, Public Sector Administrative & Civil Service Reform, Private Sector Development Law, Marketing, Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies, Inequality, Democratic Government, Public Sector Administrative and Civil Service Reform, De Facto Governments,

• Unit Owning

  Development Research Group (DECRG)

• Version Type

  Final

• Series Name

  Impact Evaluation series , no. IE 95, Policy Research working paper , no. WPS 6508,

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