Multinational Supply Chain Linkage
Four years after becoming suppliers to multinational corporations, SMEs were significantly more likely to employ more workers, expand sales to non-multinational buyers, and achieve higher total factor productivity.
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firm_productivity
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Net Value of Apprentice Work
Host enterprise net value of work performed by apprentices increased by 21,380 FCFA per month (p = 0.0003), more than doubling the control group mean of 19,230 FCFA per month, while firm wage bills did not significantly rise (+4,391 FCFA, p = 0.177).
Targeted High-Productivity Firm Formalization
The average positive formalization effect of incentive programs in Brazil was driven 100% by high-income entrepreneurs, as small low-productivity firms derived negligible benefit from formalizing.