Enterprise Survey 2009
Mauritius, 2008 - 2009
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Mauritius-2009--full
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3rd most serious obstacle - reason why (mum1cx)
Data file: Mauritius-2009--full data-
Overview
Valid:
398
Invalid:
0
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Discrete
Start:
1089
End:
1168
Width:
80
Range:
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character
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Literal question
3rd most serious obstacle
Reasons why
Reasons why
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access to finance is too expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Access to finance too expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Access to market Mauritius is a small island and it is not easy for trading | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Accessibility of land very costly | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| All equipment used for production make use of electricity | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Business cannot operate without electricity | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Competitors cause a major problem | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Competitors have no responsibility | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Competitors lacked skill labour | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Competitors practice low prices and this had no impact on their profitability | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Competitors usually do some priviledge to the Client | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Corruption and competitors prices | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Corruption harmful for company | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Cost of electricity too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Cost of plane, freight is exhorbitant | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Cost of transport | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Custom laws not in favour of entrepreneur | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Customs regulations complicated | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Delay in performing | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Departure of employees lead to retraining | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Depends on electricity | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Difficult to have acccess to finance due to recession | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Disloyal competition | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Disturb the working environment | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Do not apply | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Do not need the required qualifications | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Does not pall all fakes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Don't know | 60 |
15.1%
|
|
| Dont´t know | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Don´t know | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Educated workforce is a must | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Electricity bill is very expensive every months | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Electricity cost too expensive for industrie | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Employees transport. Too much time spend in transport | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Environment | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Equal rule & procedures does not apply | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Finance and interest rates too expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Finance is a must | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Finance is very important | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Have to follow many procedures | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| High cost of electricity | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| High rate of funding | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Increase in fuel, traffic conjestion | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Increasing tax rates | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Informal Sector is a high concern in this sector | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Informal and illegal competitors is a great lost in terms of money to this estab | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Informal sector is a high concern in this sector | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Insecurity raises problem for the smooth running of the business at night | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Interest rate | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Interest rate of 14 % too expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Interest rate too high | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| Interest rates are too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Interest rates too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Interest rates too high and exaggerate penalities | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Invest more on security | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It's a danger for the company | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It's difficult to obtain working permits for service stations | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It's difficult to retain trained employees, high rate of absenteeism | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Keep repeating same instruction everyday | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Lack of skilled workers | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Lateness at custom | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Lateness in delivery | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Laws are not in favour of employees | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Loose contracts | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Loss of contracts and unhealthy competition | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Lower prices in the informal sector | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| More transport for the after sales 2 | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No comment | 61 |
15.3%
|
|
| No comments | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No investment,no direction | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No problem | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No reason | 31 |
7.8%
|
|
| No reason given | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No reasons specified | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| None | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Not applicable | 4 |
1%
|
|
| Not easy to delegate tasks | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Not reliable | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| One does not feel in security with the politicians | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Our business at loss | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Our business will be at loss | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Plot of land too expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Prices are more competitive in the informal sector | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Procedures are too complicated | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Procedures are too slow | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Road Congestion | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Rude competition in the informal sector | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Security problem and loss | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Should review the shift system and a 24 hour 2 | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Sick leves | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Slow down in the progress level of sites | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| System corrompus | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Tax rate too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The competitors in the informal sector did unfair competition as they do not hav | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The interest rates of the borrowing is too expansive for the company | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The note is compare with other competitor who are not register to voat | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Theft problems | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| They are not tax payers | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| They do not have general expenses like the enterprise and can lower prices and m | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| They get involved in competition without being registered formally & evade like | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Time consuming | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Too much time and steps administratives | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Too much deduction/ procedures | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Too much formalities | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Too much losses because of robbery | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Too much procedures and bureaucracy implemented | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Too much time taken for procedures | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Total dependance on electricity | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Traffic congestics , delivery cost | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Traffic congestion lead to lateness in distribution of gas oil | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Transport | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Transport Congestion | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Transport cost too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Transport is very important | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Transport problems | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Transport very important | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Unfair Competitors | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Unfair towards individual | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Unqualified staff slow work which lead to a rise in cost of labour | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Waste of time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We don't have appropriate institute for employee | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| When electricty is off there is loss of man power | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Workers without experiment are not useful | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Working permits and licences take too much time to get | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| a bit too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| access to the grounds and building are very useful | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| are warned by dangerous person | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| be victims of Vohs | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| because of guaranted | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| can't work without being trained | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| cost a lot | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| covers to have loans are too demanding | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| crime,too much bribe | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| delay | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| delay in production | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| difficult | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| don't know | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| due to changes which often occurs | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| electricity is too expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| electricity is used in the closing of plastic bags | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| finance is importatant for the investment and the correct operation of my hairdr | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| high interest | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| in addition to the increase rate of bank loan interest the enterprise must also | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| in the international formal sector,it may be that they practise unfair competiti | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| informal competitors remains a danger to the business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| instability or on import some manner that we can | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| is not applicable | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| it's normal | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| its very important | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| loss in marketing | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| must form worker | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| no answer | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| no comment | 22 |
5.5%
|
|
| no comments | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| no reason | 33 |
8.3%
|
|
| no reasons | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| none | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| not applicable | 6 |
1.5%
|
|
| not good for the country | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| not possible to compete | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| practic by the competitors the prices drop because they do not have expenses | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| practice of competitors decrease sales | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| production in quantity and quality is less | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| takes lots of time,need to pay storage-port authority,very slow | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| tax unfair | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| the cost is too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| the information are forged or you came across with not honest person | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| the sector is very dependent on tax rate,if the tax rate increases,this will aff | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| there exist competition between formal sectors. This cost us a lot of money, onc | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| there were two burglings lately | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| too costly and that make us increase the price and we can't export | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| too expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| too frequent cut off | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| too high | 4 |
1%
|
|
| transport for worker cause problem | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| waste of time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| waste of time which is precious for production | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| without electriicity there is no production | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| withoutelectricity some utilities of kitchen can't use and at administration the | 1 |
0.3%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.