Please use this form to submit your study for inclusion into our database. It will be checked by a member of the Innovation Growth Lab team, who may be in contact to ask for more information. Your email address * Your name * Title * The name of the study Short summary A brief description of the project's goals and its current state Abstract <p>The Innovation Voucher Program analyzed in this study operates as a randomized controlled trial (RCT). This allows estimating the causal effect of the voucher on innovation and growth measures of beneficiaries, as well as their business outcomes in general. As a result, the evidence might be used to enhance voucher schemes and to provide further policy advice on how to effectively support small and medium-sized enterprises and their innovation activities in the future.</p> The full abstract of the study, if available Links https://www.innovationgrowthlab.org/igl-working-paper-no-2004-0 Links to any published papers and related discussions Authors * Affiliations Academic and other institutes that the authors of the study are members of Delivery partner Organisations involved in delivering the trial, if appropriate Year Year Year199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Month MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Day Day12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 Journal Journal publishing the study, if available Publication stage * Working Paper Published Ongoing Research Forthcoming Discussion Paper Research theme * Entrepreneurship Innovation Business Growth Country Country or countries where this study took place. Topics What sort of topics does the study cover? Sample attributes Hypotheses / research question 1) Do businesses that are given an Innovation Voucher have more collaboration with external partners than those not given one? 2) Do businesses that are given an Innovation Voucher have more innovation activities than those not given one? 3) Do businesses that are given an Innovation Voucher have a higher innovation output than those not given one? 4) Do businesses that are given an Innovation Voucher have better business performance indicators than those not given one? Sample Trial population and sample selection Number of treatment groups Size of treatment groups Size of control group Unit of analysis Clustered? Yes No Cluster details Trial attributes Treatment description The Innovate UK programme provides financial support vouchers up to £5,000 that firms can use to get support on innovation and business growth microenterprises. Rounds of data collection Baseline data collection and method Data collection method and data collected Evaluation Outcome variables <p>Proportion of innovation activities conducted with the help of external partners; proportion of firm's turnover spent on innovation; proportion of turnover from new products/services; total business turnover</p> Results Intervention costs Cost benefit ratio Reference Heite, J., Rosendahl Huber L., Kleine, M. (forthcoming). 'The Effects of Innovation Vouchers on Innovation Activity and Performance of SMEs in the UK'. Ongoing research. Citation for use in academic references
