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 The study is an impact evaluation of a training program that induced SMEs to adopt broadband connections, establish presence on online retail and potentially export their goods or services. A brief description of the project's goals and its current state Abstract <p>There are at least two competing theories on how ICT adoption can impact existing enterprises. First, ICT adoption is skewed in favor of well-endowed, formalized firms who can pay for the fixed-cost investments in these technologies and absorb the risk of uncertain returns. Second, ICT adoption could allow smaller firms to break into new markets where they have comparative advantages but where they are unknown due to high search costs. For example, a niche hotel that provides superior services but was never featured in travel guides could find itself a new customer base through getting itself onto well-known travel websites.</p> <p> This study assesses the impact of a training program that induces SMEs to adopt broadband connections and supports them (with training and consulting) in establishing presence on online retail to potentially export their goods or services.</p> The full abstract of the study, if available Links https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/competitiveness-policy-impact-evaluation-lab/brief/georgia---broadband-for-development 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 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 Rounds of data collection Baseline data collection and method Data collection method and data collected Evaluation Outcome variables Results Intervention costs Cost benefit ratio Reference Citation for use in academic references
