Creating Innovation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Evaluating the short-term effects of the Creative Credits pilot

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This working paper looks at the short-term impact of the Creative Credits pilot scheme which operated in the Manchester City Region in the North West of England from September 2009 to September 2010, and was funded by NESTA, Manchester City Council, the North West Development Agency, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

Creative Credits is a business-to-business (B2B) voucher mechanism designed to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to work innovatively with creative companies. Businesses receive credits worth £4,000, which they must match with at least £1,000, to spend with creative firms on a variety of creative services.

Authors
Hasan Bakhshi, John Edwards, Stephen Roper, Judy Scully and Duncan Shaw

Published
May 2011