Enterprise Policy Evaluation: Is There a "New" Way of Doing It?

Autor/in	Lenihan, Helena
Titel	Enterprise Policy Evaluation: Is There a "New" Way of Doing It?
Quelle	In: Evaluation and Program Planning, 34 (2011) 4, S.323-332 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0149-7189
DOI	10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2011.03.006
Schlagwörter	Economic Progress; Program Evaluation; Models; Logical Thinking; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Economic Climate; Research and Development; Education; Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Analogiemodell; Unternehmungsgeist; Wirtschaftslage; Forschung und Entwicklung; Bildung; Erziehung
Abstract	Given that most economies are now in recession, policymakers are looking to small firms to act as engines of economic growth; this has led to a revived interest in the role of enterprise policy. The "new" enterprise policy is systemic, promoting and shaping externalities and capabilities. At its core are R&D, innovation and education. It encapsulates a shift from direct intervention towards creating an enabling environment for small firms and entrepreneurship. At present there is a research lacuna regarding the evaluation of such policies. The aim of this paper is to fill this gap by making two key contributions. First, I demonstrate that traditional enterprise evaluation metrics are too narrow: they focus almost exclusively on private firm impacts, rather than broader societal impacts caused by the pervasive nature of "new" enterprise policies. Second, I illustrate how logic models could be expanded to account for these broader impacts. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10