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Example from enterprise support in Poland

Learn about the impact of grants on SME growth in Poland through a study on competitiveness improvement. Discover the methodology, data sets, results, and more.

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Example from enterprise support in Poland

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  1. Rafał Trzciński Example from enterprise support in Poland Impact Evaluation Seminar Warsaw, 12.12.2011

  2. Purpose of the evaluation • Estimation of the impact of grants on growth of SMEs in Poland. • Measure covered by the study:Improvementof competitiveness of SMEs through investments (Measure 2.3) implementedwithinSectoral Operational Programme Improvement of the Competitiveness of Enterprises, years 2004-2006 (SOP-ICE). • Measure 2.3 was aimed at improvement of competitiveness of Polish SMEs throughmodernisation of their product offer and their technologybase. • Average value of the subsidy amounted to PLN 532 thousand.

  3. SELECTION BIAS Impact evaluation problem Factor x1 Effects ? Factorx2 SOP-ICE Problem: lowcompetitivenessof enterprises

  4. The approach • Counterfactual framework -> Q: what would have happened in the absence of the intervention? • Quasi-experimental approach was chosen. • Control group was selected from unsuccessful applicants. • Method used to reduce the selection bias: Propensity Score Matching.

  5. Data sets used in the evaluation • PARP data sets (databases of all applicants, with employment +9); • 19 covariates were controlled, such as: age, revenues, size, legal form, assets, the use of other subsidies, etc. • Central Statistical Office data sets (Report on revenues, costs and financial results and the cost of fixed assets); • 31 outcome variables were estimated, such as: net revenues from sales, employment, expenditures, profits, etc.

  6. Propensity Score Matching (1-1; nearest neighbour) Control group Beneficiaries Unsuccessful applicants ps= 0,8 ps= 0,1 ps= 0,5 ps= 0,4 ps= 0,9 ps= 0,6 ps= 0,2 ps= 0,1 ps= 0,3 ps= 0,2 ps= 0,01 ps= 0,8 ps= 0,3 ps= 0,9 ps= 0,4

  7. Selection bias

  8. Date of measurement

  9. Employment and wages costs Impact: +14 FTEs Impact: +PLN 511thousand

  10. Net revenues from sales Impact: +PLN 5 211 thousand

  11. Operating expenses Impact: +PLN 5 006 thousand

  12. Losses – scale of the phenomenon Impact: +3,3% Impact: zero

  13. Losses Impact: +PLN 360 thousand Impact: +PLN 3 335 thousand

  14. Profits Impact: +PLN 412 thousand Impact: +PLN 248 thousand

  15. Asset Turnover Impact: -0,10

  16. Total expenditures on tangible fixed assets in use Impact: +PLN 434 thousand Impact: +PLN 395 thousand

  17. Liabilities Impact: +PLN 458 thousand Impact: +PLN 372 thousand

  18. Export Impact: +PLN 1 479 thousand Impact: -PLN 753 thousand

  19. Value of purchases in total imports Impact: +PLN 1 307 thousand

  20. Structure of imports Impact: +PLN 1 158 thousand Impact: -PLN 109 thousand

  21. Current ratio Impact: -0,07

  22. Summary • Main positive impacts: • Employment and wages. • Export and import (production activity). • Profits. • Expenditures on tangible fixed assets in use (machinery and technical equipment). • Main negative impacts, or no impact: • Productivity of the enterprises. • Losses and their amount. • Liquidity of the enterprises.

  23. More on this… www.parp.gov.pl/index/more/24238

  24. Thank you for your attention! • Polish Agency for Enterprise Development • 81/83 Pańska Street • 00-834 Warsaw, Poland • Tel + 48 (22) 432 80 80 • Fax + 48 (22) 432 86 20 • + 48 (22) 432 84 04 • Infoline: + 48 (22) 432 89 91/92/93 • www.parp.gov.pl

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