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Detailed Information

Country	Country: Uganda
GDP per capita	823
Context details	Managers of micro-small businesses operating in Kampala, Uganda, that volunteered to participate
Age	average: 39.47

2. Intervention

Implementation year	N/A
Implementer	Local
Duration (months)	< 1 month
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Business planning, set long-term goals, identify opportunities, overcome information and management barriers, marketing

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Revenues	Yearly sales: Logs	5	93	YtPost: 14.35; YcPost: 13.85; SDtPost: 1.27; SDcPost: 1.43; Nt: 47; Nc: 46

Study	Glaub, M. E., Frese, M., Fischer, S., & Hoppe, M. (2014). Increasing personal initiative in small business managers or owners leads to entrepreneurial success: A theory-based controlled randomized field intervention for evidence-based management. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 13(3), 354-379.