Enterprise policy evaluation: Is there a 'new' way of doing it?

Helena Lenihan

Evaluation and Program Planning, 2011, vol. 34, issue 4, 323-332

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.

Keywords: 'New'; enterprise; policy; Evaluation; Evaluation; metrics; Logic; models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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