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The Uneven Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Entrepreneurial Performance: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya

Nicholas G. Otis · Rowan Clarke · Solène Delecourt · David Holtz · Rembrand Koning

Also recorded as: doi:10.1287/mnsc.2024.06909

Management Science · 2026-07-10

Recorded claims
2
coded from the inspected source
Evidence classes
1
crossref-api-metadata
Recorded limitations
4
stated, never hidden

From the hash-bound evidence releases

Recorded claims

Each claim states what the inspected source says, at the recorded location—bounded by its scope and graded by its confidence. Nothing here is a synthesis across works.

A randomized field experiment with Kenyan entrepreneurs reports no detectable average effect of access to a GPT-4 business assistant on firm revenue or profit, while outcomes differed by entrepreneurs' baseline performance and by whether they implemented the advice.

confidence: high crossref-api-metadata apw-c1-obot-journals

Scope: publisher-deposited abstract metadata; sample size and experimental period are not stated in the captured abstract

The Crossref abstract describes a field experiment among Kenyan entrepreneurs testing access to GPT-4-powered business advice and measuring firm revenue and profit outcomes.

confidence: high crossref-api-metadata apw-c1-obot-journals

Scope: publisher-deposited abstract-level metadata

Structured relationships

In-corpus citations

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Boundaries

Limitations & independence

Recorded at coding time, carried with the work forever. A claim without its limits is not evidence.

Recorded limitations

  • Abstract-level Crossref metadata only; the publisher landing page could not be retained because public retrieval was access-blocked.
  • The abstract does not state the field experiment's denominator or period; no numerical treatment-effect claim is carried forward.
  • Full text was not inspected.
  • Abstract-level Crossref metadata only; the retained abstract does not report the experiment's sample denominator; the publisher Articles in Advance listing returned an access challenge.

Source independence

publisher-only