The effectiviness of the innovation voucher 2004
Innovatievoucher stimuleert opdrachten van MKB aan kennisinstellingen
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This document provides an estimate of the effectiveness (output) of the innovation voucher, employing the fact that the vouchers were assigned randomly by means of a lottery.
The main conclusion is that the innovation voucher stimulates SMEs to engage in many new assignments with public research institutes. Out of every ten vouchers, eight are used for a project that would not have been assigned without such a voucher, one is used for a project that would have been assigned anyhow, and one voucher is not used.
A broad assessment of the innovation voucher also needs to take into account the value added of the additional assignments (outcome of the voucher). No insights have yet been obtained here.
This publication is in Dutch.