Identifying gazelles : expert panels vs. surveys as a means to identify firms with rapid growth potential (English)

A business plan competition is conducted to test whether survey instruments or panel judges are able to identify the fastest growing firms. Participants submitted six- to eight-page business plans and defended them before a three- or four-judge panel. Applicants are surveyed shortly after they applied and one and two years after the competition. Follow-up surveys are used to construct measures of enterprise growth and baseline surveys and panel scores...

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Fafchamps,Marcel;

Woodruff,Christopher Marshall;
Document Date
2016/04/20
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7647
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2016/04/20
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Identifying gazelles : expert panels vs. surveys as a means to identify firms with rapid growth potential
Keywords
business plan competition

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Fafchamps,Marcel; Woodruff,Christopher Marshall.

Identifying gazelles : expert panels vs. surveys as a means to identify firms with rapid growth potential (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7647 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/614041467993512823

Identifying gazelles : expert panels vs. surveys as a means to identify firms with rapid growth potential (English)

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