Evaluation methodology: measurement of drivers of business success and failure. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Report for BIS from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) that seeks to identify the key drivers of business success and failure through a review of existing literature. Looks at the extent to which these drivers can be measured, aiming to enhance the validity of evaluations of economic impact of projects, programmes and policies on businesses. Aims to inform future work undertaken by the Department to evaluate the impact of government interventions on the business community, helping to identify a set of business characteristics that would ideally be employed as matching variables or control variables within future evaluations.
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| 10/1118 | 26-08-2010 |
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92 Pages
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Evaluation strategy: the role of evaluation in evidence-based decision-making. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Explains how the Department will enhance the evaluations of its policies and ensure results and lessons learnt are integrated into policy making,
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| 10/1098 | 11-08-2010 |
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11 Pages
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Guidance for using additionality benchmarks in appraisal. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Explains how and when to use the benchmark figures in the publication 'Research to improve the assessment of additionality' for project and programme appraisal (URN 09/1302). Includes a worked example.
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| 09/1596 | 18-12-2009 |
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10 Pages
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Guidance on evaluating the impact of interventions on business. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Practical guide to impact evaluation. Covers the main concepts they need to consider when deciding whether and then how to carry out an impact evaluation of policies and programmes and which methods to use. Focuses on the business community as the target group. Complements the HM Treasury 'Green book', which provides a detailed guide to the use of appraisal to inform policy design and the 'Magenta book', which focuses mostly on evaluation methods for policies and programmes that affect individuals. See URN 11/1086 for the annexes.
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| 11/1085 | 22-08-2011 |
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95 Pages
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Guidance on evaluating the impact of interventions on business: annexes. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Annexes to the 'Guidance on evaluating the impact of intervention on business' (URN 11/1085), a practical guide to impact evaluation. Includes a logic model on small loans for business, a framework to review drivers of business success and failure, and other guidance and checklists.
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| 11/1086 | 22-08-2011 |
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46 Pages
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Self assessment as a tool to measure the economic impact of BERR policies: a best practice guide. Main report. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Guidance on survey research methodology to measure economic impact of policy interventions. The Department, formerly known as BERR, commissioned the National Centre for Social Research to develop and test a survey methodology for measuring the impact of Departmental policies, programmes and projects on businesses. See URN 09/1206 for a summary. For reports on stage one and two cognitive testing see URN 09/1207 and 09/1208.
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| 09/1205 | 04-09-2009 |
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72 Pages
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Self assessment as a tool to measure the economic impact of BERR policies: a best practice guide. Summary. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Summary of guidance on survey research methodology to measure economic impact of policy interventions by the National Centre for Social Research, commissioned by the Department, formerly known as BERR. Intended to provide a set of best practice guidelines for the design and conduct of business surveys, specifically the measurement of economic impact. For main report see URN 09/1205. For reports on stage one and two cognitive testing see URN 09/1207 and 09/1208.
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| 09/1206 | 04-09-2009 |
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22 Pages
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Self assessment as a tool to measure the economic impact of BERR policies: stage one cognitive testing. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Report by the National Centre for Social Research commissioned by the Department, formerly known as BERR. Findings and recommendations from the initial cognitive testing of the existing questions on economic impact asked as part of the fifth wave of the 'Business support cross product monitoring survey'. For stage two cognitive testing see URN 09/1208, also 09/1205 for the main report and 09/1206 for a summary.
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| 09/1207 | 04-09-2009 |
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61 Pages
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Self assessment as a tool to measure the economic impact of BERR policies: stage two cognitive testing. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Report by the National Centre for Social Research commissioned by the Department, formerly known as BERR. Findings and final recommendations for question wording relating to the second round of cognitive testing, following on from stage one that tested questions asked in the fifth wave of the 'Business support cross product monitoring survey'. See URN 09/1207 for the stage one report, 09/1205 for the main report and 09/1206 for a summary.
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| 09/1208 | 04-09-2009 |
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103 Pages
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Survey questions for impact evaluations which rely on beneficiaries self-assessment: evidence and guidance. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Cognitive testing of survey questions to measure economic impact of policy interventions: stage 3.
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| 11/979 | 16-06-2011 |
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122 Pages
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Synthesis of evaluation evidence: final report. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Report of research by SQW Consulting commissioned by the former Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) to review the ways in which the Department evaluated the impact of its policies and programmes. Provides a synthesis of the historic evaluation evidence relating to the type of interventions for which it was responsible in January 2008. It aims to assess the extent to which it could be inferred from the evidence what the contribution of the evaluated interventions had been to current high level Departmental objectives.
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| 09/1400 | 16-10-2009 |
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155 Pages
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