CONNECTING BUSINESS TO IMPROVE MARKET ACCESS AND PROMOTE SPILLOVERS: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

CONNECTING BUSINESS TO IMPROVE MARKET ACCESS AND PROMOTE SPILLOVERS: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM GHANA Target for Growth: Impact Evaluation Workshop Mexico City February 27 th - March 3 rd , 2017

HOW DO SMALL FIRMS ACESS NEW TECHNOLOGY?

HOW DO SMALL FIRMS ACESS NEW TECHNOLOGY?

WHAT DRIVES OR INHIBITS TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION BETWEEN SMALL FIRM OWNERS?

BASELINE COMPETITION  DIFFUSION

BASELINE COMPETITION ? DIFFUSION

CREATING A NEW TECHNOLOGY -

RANDOM TRAINING IN AND (LIMITED) DEMAND (WITHOUT REPLACEMENT) FOR NEW TECHNLOGY Treatment Groups: -No Training or Contract Offer -Training only -Contract offer only -Training and contract offer -

RANDOM TRAINING IN AND (LIMITED) DEMAND (WITHOUT REPLACEMENT) FOR NEW TECHNLOGY Treatment Groups: -No Training or Contract Offer -Training only -Contract offer only -Training and contract offer Design advantages: -Exogenous technology seeding -Exogenous profitability of adoption -Exogenous relevance of demand limitedness -

WHAT DRIVES OR INHIBITS EXOGENOUSLY SEEDED TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION BETWEEN SMALL FIRM OWNERS?

KNOWN BASELINE COMPETITION  DIFFUSION

TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION BY TEACHER TREATMENT GROUP

TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION BY LEARNER TREATMENT GROUP

CONTRACT OFFER AND TRAINING INVITATION  SHARING

CONTRACT OFFER AND TRAINING INVITATION  SHARING

EFFECTS  THROUGH PRE-EXISTING NETWORK

CONTRACT OFFER  LEARNING

“TAKE AWAY” It Takes Two: Willingness to share matters just as much as willingness to adopt. Firms are not farms: The effects of competition/rival demand are important to consider when designing policies to promote spillovers.