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Detailed Information

Country	Country: Colombia
GDP per capita	8.114
Context details	Medium firms in the auto-parts industry in Colombia that volunteered to participate
Age	average: 43

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2014
Implementer	Local
Duration (months)	6
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	logistics, human resources, finance, marketing and sales, and production

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Productivity	Labor productivity (log sales/worker)	7	3727	Coeff: -0.02; SE: 0.05
Complete sample	Size (Capital)	Inventories (log)	7	2566	Coeff: 0.12; SE: 0.04

Study	Iacovone, L., Maloney, W. and McKenzie, D., 2022. Improving management with individual and group-based consulting: Results from a randomized experiment in Colombia. The Review of Economic Studies, 89(1), pp.346-371.