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Detailed Information

Country	Country: South Africa
GDP per capita	8.222
Context details	Small businesses operating out of a physical structure in the Cape Town area of South Africa that volunteered to participate
Age	average: 38.04

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2012
Implementer	Local
Duration (months)	2
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Marketing and sales activities

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Operation practices	N/A	1N/A	404	Coeff: 0.08; SE: 0.02
Complete sample	Record keeping	N/A	9	404	Coeff: 0.03; SE: 0.03

Study	Anderson, S. J., Chandy, R., & Zia, B. (2018). Pathways to profits: The impact of marketing vs. finance skills on business performance. Management Science, 64(12), 5559-5583.