Nic Boyns, Rod Spires, Mark Cox
Public & Corporate Economic Consultants
ISBN 978 0 7559 7664 5 (Web only publication)
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CONTENTS
1 Executive Summary
Introduction
Scheme design / qualitative fit
Target and intermediate outputs
Effects on business performance / behaviour
Economic costs and benefits
General conclusions
2 Introduction
Background
Background to SMART
The evaluation methodology
The Research Programme
Analysis of the business surveys
Structure of the report
3 Costs, take up and market penetration of the programme
Introduction
Costs of the programme
Number of grants and application success rates
Market penetration
Summary of key findings
4 Characteristics of grant recipients
Introduction
Characteristics of the projects
Background of grant recipients
Objectives in participating
Utilisation of grants
Alternative funding
Additional funding
Additionality of projects
Comparisons of unsuccessful applicants and grant recipients
Background characteristics
Objectives in applying
Fate of unsupported projects
Summary of key findings
5 Intermediate effects and outputs
Introduction
Satisfaction of grant recipients' objectives in participating
Exploitation of project outputs in the marketplace
Effect of the post completion conditions
Other effects and outputs
The search for further finance
The effects and outputs of unsupported projects
Summary of key findings
6 Effects on the business performance of grant recipients
Introduction
Grant recipients' views of the effects of the schemes on their performance
Summary of key findings
7 Wider effects
Introduction
Effects of supported projects on other businesses
Multiplier, leakage and displacement effects
Summary of key findings
8 Economic impacts and cost-effectiveness of the schemes
Introduction
Total measurable economic impacts
Assumptions
Employment impacts
GVA impacts
Deadweight and additionality
Summary value for money measures
Sensitivity analysis
Summary of key findings
9 Firms' assessment of the scheme
Introduction
Other support used
Assessments of the scheme
Summary of key findings
10 The impacts on stakeholders
Introduction
Background
Stakeholder policies and activities
Stakeholder Involvement in SMART
The influence and role of SMART on stakeholders ( SAV)
The business benefits and impacts of SMART
Summary of key findings
11 Conclusions
Introduction
Scheme design / qualitative fit
Target and intermediate outputs
Effects of business performance / behaviour
Economic costs and benefits
General conclusions
12 Technical Appendix
Survey weighting
Grossing up of economic impacts
Estimating missing values
Summary statistics
Sensitivity to assumptions
Questionnaire for grant recipients
Questionnaire for unsuccessful applicants
The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and
do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.