Tracking customer progress: A follow-up study of customers of the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance |
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Authors: | Jan Youtie Philip Shapira |
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Affiliation: | 1. Economic Development Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, 30332, Atlanta, GA 2. School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 30332, Atlanta, GA
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Abstract: | Time lags often exist before the economic impacts of technology promotion programs fully materialize. For one manufacturing technology deployment program, the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance, this study gathered expected impact data soon after the point of service. Customers were then surveyed one year later and asked about impacts actually realized. A comparison showed that for the average project, actual benefits reported at the one-year survey mark were generally lower than benefits expected immediately after project completion, while actual costs were generally higher than expected costs. For high performing projects, however, the study found that actual benefits after one year were substantially higher than the benefits initially expected soon after assistance was completed. This study explores the implications of these findings for technology program evaluation and methods of performance measurement. |
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