Evaluación del impacto del programa Redes de Innovación

This paper presents the assessment of impact of the Networks of Innovation at the Service of Competitiveness Program, that offering services for R & D & I activities aimed at improving the competitiveness of SMEs and business groups. This Program has developed by the School of Industrial Organization during the 2012-15 period. Using information from an “ad hoc” survey applied to a sample of beneficiary companies and to a control group, the results of estimations, based on the estimation of a difference-in-differences model, establish a differential and positive impact of the Program on a synthetic indicator of business competitiveness.