Enterprise Survey 2009
Mauritius, 2008 - 2009
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Mauritius-2009--full
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most serious obstacle - reason why (mum1ax)
Data file: Mauritius-2009--full data-
Overview
Valid:
398
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Start:
925
End:
1004
Width:
80
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Which of the following elements of the business environment, if any, currently represents the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment?
Reasons why
Reasons why
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access to finance is slow | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Access to finance most of the time rejected | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Access to finance too costly | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Access to land is too costly | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Affects good functioning of the establishment,teamspirit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Bad Political atmosphere | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Bank interest rate too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Banking system not apt for small and medium enterprise | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Banks are not lenient at all with small enterprises | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Bidding with no answer corrupt practice | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Bussiness could not be expanded | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Can't operate | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Cannot work without electricity is needed for computers etc | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Clients do not pay on time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Collateral required | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Competitors everywhere | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Competitors harmful for business | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Competitors have lower prices | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Competitors not prone to the same security standard | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Competitors prices are not aligned to those who pax taxes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Copyright | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Corrupt Practice still affects customers | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Corruption ruins business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Corruption when bidding on contract | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Cost of production not as high as mine | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Cost too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Decrease sales | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Difficult to find / train employees | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Difficult to get access to land . strategic places | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Difficult to have access to finance due to recession | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Difficult to have loan | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Difficult to obtain a loan | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Difficulties for recrutment | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Disloyal Competition | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Disloyal competition | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Do not apply | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Do not have a lot of expenses and lower prices | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Do not pax tax and rent | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Don't know | 27 |
6.8%
|
|
| Electricity | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Electricity is important for the tools of production | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Electricity is primodiale for the operation of my hairdresser salon | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Electricity is very important | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Electricity too costly | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Employee should always be supervised | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Everything increases day by day | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Everywhere there is corruption | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Finance is currently a key component for the good functionning of the company | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| For security purposes cannot open late at night | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| For the purchase of foodstuffs and oil | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Foul practice in bidding for contract | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Handicap for work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Harmful for business no profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Have to provide secure loans | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| High interest | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| High interest rate imposed by banks are too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| High interest rates and need guarantee | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| High rate of interest | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Hotels rooms less expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I sell more it is good for the enterprise | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| If there is no electricity the company cannot fonction | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Incoherent loan procedures | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Incompetent | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Informal illegal competition is a great lost in terms of money to the establishm | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Integration takes too much time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Interest rate and bank charges too expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Interest rate fee of 14 % too expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Interest rate too high | 6 |
1.5%
|
|
| Interest rate too high and procedures too complicated | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Interest rates are too expensive on loan | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Interest rates too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Interest rates too high and guarantee to0 | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Interest too high | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| Isn't motivative | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It is rather consequent | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| It's a must | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Labour laws quite complicated | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Lack of finance | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Lack of finance to develop the business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Lack of infrastructure | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Lack of infrastructures | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Lack of labour | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Land property too expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Land sold too expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Leasing companies are better than the banks | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Loan are too expensive, they ask too much garantis | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Lower profit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Margin requirements cause problem | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Mauritius Revenue Authority never satisfied even if we pay value added tax of 15 | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Money is life | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| More problem took one year to get permit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Much money spent on security because of theft problems | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Much money spent on training | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Much more effort needed | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Need Training Centre for the sector | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Need finance to complete projets | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Need finance to start a business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Need guarantee | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Need guarantee so as to get access to finance | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Need trained workers | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| News laws to be implemented at the custom department | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No adequate formation suggested | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No availability of workers | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No comment | 44 |
11.1%
|
|
| No easy finance | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No production or limited | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No reason | 12 |
3%
|
|
| No reasons specified | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No regulations in informal sector | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| No tax to be paid by those in the informal sector and I have to sell at the same | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| None | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Not a clean building for the company | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Not applicable | 6 |
1.5%
|
|
| Not much options | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Not treated equally | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Our business at loss | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Our quality must be brilliant or if the employees are not well organised the 2 w | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Parallel imports | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Pay contracts | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Personnal not well known | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Personnel very qualify for this work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Pratiques | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Problems related to government that is corruption | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Problems with customs | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Procedures too slow | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Production affected | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Property too costly in city centre for business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Rate of interest on the loan are expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Recruitment should be done within the industrial zone | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Reimbursement period too short notice | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Requires additional guarantees for more funding | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Schedule of opening and closing hours | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Since the company is against corruption those companies accepting corruption wil | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Slow Procedures | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Slow at times | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Slow procedures concerning working permits and licenses | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Small contractor with lower quotations | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Small planters are left part with their projects | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Take to much time for a loan to be approved | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Take too much time & fund to make them trained | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Take too much time for obtaining working permits | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Tax rate is too high | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Tax rate is very high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Taxation of inputs in production | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The business cannot function without transport | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The lowest price | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The payments not respected by clients cause problem | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| The raw material decrease the taxes(too many tax) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Theft | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Thefts problems | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| There is a lack of employees on our premises | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| They affect any business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| They are here to harm each other | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| They are not officially registered and have nothing to pay on tax and value adde | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| They connot read | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Those who import directly from China | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| To travel everywhere through the island | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Too much colateral | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Too much colateral require | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Too much procedures | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Too much tax administrations | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Too much time spent at customs for requirements | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Total dependence on electricity | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Training is done in the organisation but staff left the organisation later on | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Transport | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Transport cost very high | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Transport facilities are not well structured | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Unfair competition | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| Untrained labour will lead to loss of time and money | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Very Slow in decision making, laws are not respected | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Very often customers do not honour the contracts | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Very slow | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| We pay a lot to contractor to transport our employees at night | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| When orders of products are low, this lead to financial difficulties | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Without electricity no production | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Without electricity the company cannot function as usual | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Without electricity the company cannot function properly | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Without land the business cannot operate | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Working permits and licences take time to be approuved | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| absent rate among worker | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| abusive for the employers | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| access to finance | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| always have to do the arrangement though the empolyees are to be blame | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| bank interest too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| before and afer budget we do not work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| borowing from banks are becoming more difficult | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| by experience | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| compared to the competitors which are not taxes of under invoicings etc | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| cost very high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| difficult access to financing | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| difficult to find qualified persons | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| difficult to recruit qualified person | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| dificult to obtain finance | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| don't have a balance at work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| electricity is essential for the enterprise without which the enterprise can't w | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| expense more in security | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| finance dificulty | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| financial cost of the company | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| guarantee | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| harmfull for our bussiness | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| high competion | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| high cost | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| high interest | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| high interest on loan | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| high interest rate | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| high rate of interest & expenses | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| interest on loans too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| interest rate too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| interest too high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| its like a competition | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| lack of finance for investment | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| lack of time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| local government do not approuve the license easily | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| loss time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| many competitiors | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| many competitors | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| monthly investment is important for the good going of the enterprise | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| need finance for salaries of employees ,rent& other expenses | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| need guarantee for loans | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| need waranty | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| no comment | 17 |
4.3%
|
|
| no comments | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| no reason | 20 |
5%
|
|
| no reasons | 2 |
0.5%
|
|
| none | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| not finding the adequate people | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| not qualify worker cause a problem | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| one needs more money to have large contract | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| other do not have any cost and premises and don't pay VAT | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| practic for the mercant peddler | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| practice in bidding for contracts | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| principal cause | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| purchase machine and bob cat | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| rate tax is very high | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| slow down in the investment level | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| stagnation of the markets | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| system of control is very expensive | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| take too much time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| textile indutry actually facing difficulty | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| the competitors seem not to follow the rules and regulations whereas this establ | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| the garanties for capital are exagerated | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| theft is a major problem | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| they have no taxes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| they will pose problems on sites | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to have good work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to lose the majority detender | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| too expensive | 3 |
0.8%
|
|
| too high interest | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| too many breakdown | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| too much colateral required | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| too much competitors | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| too much time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| transport is very important in the business | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| unfair competitions | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| we should have people formed for this type of 2 | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| without electricity cannot work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| work at night and is risky | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| work will stop | 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.