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Global Investment Competitiveness Survey 2017

Armenia, Australia, Austria...and 81 more, 2017
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WLD_2017_GICS_v01_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/7297-sp94
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Peter Kusek, Andrea Silva
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Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Apr 19, 2018
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Data file: gicphonesurvey

GIC Survey 2017

Cases: 754
Variables: 330

Variables

Respondent
Respondent
ParentAffiliate
Parent company or affiliate
hq
Country of global HQ from Q1 and Q2C
hq_iso
ISO Code of HQ Country
hq_reg
WB Region of HQ Country
hq_inc
Income group of HQ Country
hq_dev
HQ Country Developing or Developed based on Income group
AFF_AFG
Affiliate in Afghanistan
AFF_ALB
Affiliate in Albania
AFF_DZA
Affiliate in Algeria
AFF_ASM
Affiliate in American Samoa
AFF_AGO
Affiliate in Angola
AFF_ARG
Affiliate in Argentina
AFF_ARM
Affiliate in Armenia
AFF_AZE
Affiliate in Azerbaijan
AFF_BGD
Affiliate in Bangladesh
AFF_BLR
Affiliate in Belarus
AFF_BLZ
Affiliate in Belize
AFF_BEN
Affiliate in Benin
AFF_BMU
Affiliate in Bermuda
AFF_BTN
Affiliate in Bhutan
AFF_BOL
Affiliate in Bolivia
AFF_BIH
Affiliate in Bosnia and Herzegovina
AFF_BWA
Affiliate in Botswana
AFF_BRA
Affiliate in Brazil
AFF_BGR
Affiliate in Bulgaria
AFF_BFA
Affiliate in Burkina Faso
AFF_BDI
Affiliate in Burundi
AFF_CPV
Affiliate in Cabo Verde
AFF_KHM
Affiliate in Cambodia
AFF_CMR
Affiliate in Cameroon
AFF_CAF
Affiliate in Central African Republic
AFF_TCD
Affiliate in Chad
AFF_CHN
Affiliate in China
AFF_COL
Affiliate in Colombia
AFF_COM
Affiliate in Comoros
AFF_ZAR
Affiliate in Congo, Dem. Rep.
AFF_COG
Affiliate in Congo, Rep.
AFF_CRI
Affiliate in Costa Rica
AFF_CIV
Affiliate in Côte d'Ivoire
AFF_CUB
Affiliate in Cuba
AFF_DJI
Affiliate in Djibouti
AFF_DMA
Affiliate in Dominica
AFF_DOM
Affiliate in Dominican Republic
AFF_ECU
Affiliate in Ecuador
AFF_EGY
Affiliate in Egypt, Arab Rep.
AFF_SLV
Affiliate in El Salvador
AFF_GNQ
Affiliate in Equatorial Guinea
AFF_ERI
Affiliate in Eritrea
AFF_ETH
Affiliate in Ethiopia
AFF_FJI
Affiliate in Fiji
AFF_GAB
Affiliate in Gabon
AFF_GMB
Affiliate in Gambia, The
AFF_GEO
Affiliate in Georgia
AFF_GHA
Affiliate in Ghana
AFF_GRD
Affiliate in Grenada
AFF_GTM
Affiliate in Guatemala
AFF_GIN
Affiliate in Guinea
AFF_GNB
Affiliate in Guinea-Bissau
AFF_GUY
Affiliate in Guyana
AFF_HTI
Affiliate in Haiti
AFF_HND
Affiliate in Honduras
AFF_IND
Affiliate in India
AFF_IDN
Affiliate in Indonesia
AFF_IRN
Affiliate in Iran, Islamic Rep.
AFF_IRQ
Affiliate in Iraq
AFF_JAM
Affiliate in Jamaica
AFF_JOR
Affiliate in Jordan
AFF_KAZ
Affiliate in Kazakhstan
AFF_KEN
Affiliate in Kenya
AFF_KIR
Affiliate in Kiribati
AFF_PRK
Affiliate in Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
AFF_KSV
Affiliate in Kosovo
AFF_KGZ
Affiliate in Kyrgyz Republic
AFF_LAO
Affiliate in Lao PDR
AFF_LBN
Affiliate in Lebanon
AFF_LSO
Affiliate in Lesotho
AFF_LBR
Affiliate in Liberia
AFF_LBY
Affiliate in Libya
AFF_MKD
Affiliate in Macedonia, FYR
AFF_MDG
Affiliate in Madagascar
AFF_MWI
Affiliate in Malawi
AFF_MYS
Affiliate in Malaysia
AFF_MDV
Affiliate in Maldives
AFF_MLI
Affiliate in Mali
AFF_MHL
Affiliate in Marshall Islands
AFF_MRT
Affiliate in Mauritania
AFF_MUS
Affiliate in Mauritius
AFF_MEX
Affiliate in Mexico
AFF_FSM
Affiliate in Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
AFF_MDA
Affiliate in Moldova
AFF_MNG
Affiliate in Mongolia
AFF_MNE
Affiliate in Montenegro
AFF_MAR
Affiliate in Morocco
AFF_MOZ
Affiliate in Mozambique
AFF_MMR
Affiliate in Myanmar
AFF_NAM
Affiliate in Namibia
AFF_NPL
Affiliate in Nepal
AFF_NIC
Affiliate in Nicaragua
AFF_NER
Affiliate in Niger
AFF_NGA
Affiliate in Nigeria
AFF_PAK
Affiliate in Pakistan
AFF_PLW
Affiliate in Palau
AFF_PAN
Affiliate in Panama
AFF_PNG
Affiliate in Papua New Guinea
AFF_PRY
Affiliate in Paraguay
AFF_PER
Affiliate in Peru
AFF_PHL
Affiliate in Philippines
AFF_ROM
Affiliate in Romania
AFF_RUS
Affiliate in Russian Federation
AFF_RWA
Affiliate in Rwanda
AFF_WSM
Affiliate in Samoa
AFF_STP
Affiliate in São Tomé and Principe
AFF_SEN
Affiliate in Senegal
AFF_SRB
Affiliate in Serbia
AFF_SLE
Affiliate in Sierra Leone
AFF_SLB
Affiliate in Solomon Islands
AFF_SOM
Affiliate in Somalia
AFF_ZAF
Affiliate in South Africa
AFF_SSD
Affiliate in South Sudan
AFF_LKA
Affiliate in Sri Lanka
AFF_LCA
Affiliate in St. Lucia
AFF_VCT
Affiliate in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
AFF_SDN
Affiliate in Sudan
AFF_SUR
Affiliate in Suriname
AFF_SWZ
Affiliate in Swaziland
AFF_SYR
Affiliate in Syrian Arab Republic
AFF_TJK
Affiliate in Tajikistan
AFF_TZA
Affiliate in Tanzania
AFF_THA
Affiliate in Thailand
AFF_TMP
Affiliate in Timor-Leste
AFF_TGO
Affiliate in Togo
AFF_TON
Affiliate in Tonga
AFF_TUN
Affiliate in Tunisia
AFF_TUR
Affiliate in Turkey
AFF_TKM
Affiliate in Turkmenistan
AFF_TUV
Affiliate in Tuvalu
AFF_UGA
Affiliate in Uganda
AFF_UKR
Affiliate in Ukraine
AFF_UZB
Affiliate in Uzbekistan
AFF_VUT
Affiliate in Vanuatu
AFF_VEN
Affiliate in Venezuela, RB
AFF_VNM
Affiliate in Vietnam
AFF_WBG
Affiliate in West Bank and Gaza
AFF_YEM
Affiliate in Yemen, Rep.
AFF_ZMB
Affiliate in Zambia
AFF_ZWE
Affiliate in Zimbabwe
AFF_LAC
Number of affiliates in LAC
AFF_ECA
Number of affiliates in ECA
AFF_EAP
Number of affiliates in EAP
AFF_MENA
Number of affiliates in MENA
AFF_SA
Number of affiliates in SA
AFF_SSA
Number of affiliates in SSA
AFF_SUM
Number of affiliates
AFF_LOW
Number of affiliates in low-income countries
AFF_LM
Number of affiliates in lower-middle-income countries
AFF_UM
Number of affiliates in upper-middle-income countries
Q5
Q5. What is the main sector of activity of your company?
Q5_Other
Q5. What is the main sector of activity of your company? Other (specify)
Q5rgps
Sector regrouped
Q6_1
Q6. Approximately how many full-time employees does your company have globally?
Q7
Q7. Does your company have ...
emp
Number of employees
Q8
Q8. What is your position in the company?
Q8_Other
Q8. What is your position in the company? Other (SPECIFY)
Q9_1
Q9. How important: Large domestic market size and potential
Q9_2
Q9. How important: Macro-economic stability and favourability of exchange rate
Q9_3
Q9. How important: Low cost of labor and other production inputs
Q9_4
Q9. How important: Available talent and skill of labor
Q9_5
Q9. How important: Good physical infrastructure, such as transport and telecom
Q9_6
Q9. How important: Access to land or real estate
Q9_7
Q9. How important: Availability of financing in the domestic market
Q9_8
Q9. How important: Political stability and security
Q9_9
Q9. How important: Low tax rates
Q9_10
Q9. How important: Business-friendly legal and regulatory environment
Q10_1
Q10. How important: Ease of obtaining government approvals to start a business a
Q10_2
Q10. How important: High quality services and support from the country’s Inves
Q10_3
Q10. How important: Investment incentives such as tax holidays
Q10_4
Q10. How important: Capabilities of local firms to act as suppliers
Q10_5
Q10. How important: Investment protection guarantees provided in the country’s
Q10_6
Q10. How important: Transparency and predictability in the conduct of public age
Q10_7
Q10. How important: Having a preferential trade agreement
Q10_8
Q10. How important: Having a bilateral investment treaty
Q11_1
Q11. How important: Own all equity in the foreign affiliate and not be required
Q11_2
Q11. How important: Quickly obtain investment approvals and permits to start a b
Q11_3
Q11. How important: Easily bring in expatriate staff and get visas and work perm
Q11_4
Q11. How important: Import your production inputs instead of being required by l
Q12_1
Q12. How important: Advertising about investment opportunities in the country th
Q12_2
Q12. How important: Exhibitions about the country at trade shows, investment con
Q12_3
Q12. How important: Meetings with agency officers to discuss investment opportun
Q12_4
Q12. How important: Information and assistance in setting up, such as complying
Q12_5
Q12. How important: Information and assistance to handle issues and problems, an
Q12_6
Q12. How important: Efforts to improve the business environment in the country
Q13_1
Q13. How important: Tax holidays
Q13_2
Q13. How important: Accelerated depreciation
Q13_3
Q13. How important: VAT exemption
Q13_4
Q13. How important: Duty free imports
Q13_5
Q13. How important: Direct subsidies
Q13_6
Q13. How important: Subsidized loans
Q13_7
Q13. How important: Subsidized land
Q13_8
Q13. How important: Technical or business support incentives
Q14_1
Q14. How important: Capacity/skills of local suppliers
Q14_2
Q14. How important: Information about the availability of local suppliers
Q14_3
Q14. How important: Pro-active role played by government in organizing matchmaki
Q14_4
Q14. How important: Pro-active role played by government in upgrading of potenti
Q14_5
Q14. How important: Availability of financial or fiscal incentives from the gove
Q15_1
Q15. How important: Ability to transfer currency in and out of the country witho
Q15_2
Q15. How important: Efficiency in repatriating profits, dividends, management fe
Q15_3
Q15. How important: Protection against expropriation provided in the law
Q15_4
Q15. How important: Protection against breach of contract by the government prov
Q15_5
Q15. How important: Protection against non-transparent or arbitrary government c
Q16_1
Q16. Experienced: Delays in obtaining necessary government permits and approvals
Q16_2
Q16. Experienced: Lack of transparency and predictability in dealing with public
Q16_3
Q16. Experienced: Restrictions in your ability to transfer and convertibility cu
Q16_4
Q16. Experienced: Breach of contract by the government
Q16_5
Q16. Experienced: Expropriation or taking of your property or assets by the gove
Q16_6
Q16. Experienced: Sudden change in the laws and regulations with a negative impa
Q17A_01
Q17. Delays in obtaining permits caused significant delay in investment
Q17A_02
Q17. Delays in obtaining permits caused cancellation of planned investment
Q17A_03
Q17. Delays in obtaining permits caused withdrawal of existing investment
Q17A_04
Q17. Delays in obtaining permits caused considering delay or cancellation
Q17A_05
Q17. Delays in obtaining permits caused none of these
Q17A_06
Q17. Delays in obtaining permits caused... don't know
Q17B_01
Q17. Lack of transparency caused significant delay in investment
Q17B_02
Q17. Lack of transparency caused cancellation of planned investment
Q17B_03
Q17. Lack of transparency caused withdrawal of existing investment
Q17B_04
Q17. Lack of transparency caused considering delay or cancellation
Q17B_05
Q17. Lack of transparency caused none of these
Q17B_06
Q17. Lack of transparency caused... don't know
Q17C_01
Q17. Transfer & convertibility restrictions caused significant delay in investme
Q17C_02
Q17. Transfer & convertibility restrictions caused cancellation of planned inves
Q17C_03
Q17. Transfer & convertibility restrictions caused withdrawal of existing invest
Q17C_04
Q17. Transfer & convertibility restrictions caused considering delay or cancella
Q17C_05
Q17. Transfer & convertibility restrictions caused none of these
Q17C_06
Q17. Transfer & convertibility restrictions caused... don't know
Q17D_01
Q17. Breach of contract caused significant delay in investment
Q17D_02
Q17. Breach of contract caused cancellation of planned investment
Q17D_03
Q17. Breach of contract caused withdrawal of existing investment
Q17D_04
Q17. Breach of contract caused considering delay or cancellation
Q17D_05
Q17. Breach of contract caused none of these
Q17D_06
Q17. Breach of contract caused... don't know
Q17E_01
Q17. Expropriation caused significant delay in investment
Q17E_02
Q17. Expropriation caused cancellation of planned investment
Q17E_03
Q17. Expropriation caused withdrawal of existing investment
Q17E_04
Q17. Expropriation caused considering delay or cancellation
Q17E_05
Q17. Expropriation caused none of these
Q17E_06
Q17. Expropriation caused... don't know
Q17F_01
Q17. Adverse regulatory change caused significant delay in investment
Q17F_02
Q17. Adverse regulatory change caused cancellation of planned investment
Q17F_03
Q17. Adverse regulatory change caused withdrawal of existing investment
Q17F_04
Q17. Adverse regulatory change caused considering delay or cancellation
Q17F_05
Q17. Adverse regulatory change caused none of these
Q17F_06
Q17. Adverse regulatory change caused... don't know
Q18_1
Q18. The process of complaint to the government about a grievance/conflict with
Q18_2
Q18. The grievance with the government was promptly resolved
Q18_3
Q18. The government introduced a systematic solution to address or prevent such
Q19
Q19. Has your firm ever closed down an affiliate/branch in any developing countr
Q20_01
Q20. Exit reason: Change in your company’s strategy and management priorities
Q20_02
Q20. Exit reason: Increased policy or regulatory uncertainty
Q20_03
Q20. Exit reason: Sudden restrictions on transfer and convertibility of currency
Q20_04
Q20. Exit reason: Breach of contract by the government
Q20_05
Q20. Exit reason: Expropriation or taking of your property or assets by the gove
Q20_06
Q20. Exit reason: Non-transparent or arbitrary government conduct
Q20_07
Q20. Exit reason: Withdrawal of tax incentives
Q20_08
Q20. Exit reason: Sudden restrictions on hiring expatriate staff
Q20_09
Q20. Exit reason: Global economic downturn
Q20_10
Q20. Exit reason: Unstable macroeconomic conditions or unfavourable exchange rat
Q20_11
Q20. Exit reason: Increase in cost of local labor and raw materials
Q20_sum
Number of exit reasons
Q21
Q21. Please select the country you are most familiar with in terms of the establ
sel_iso
ISO Code of selected country in Q21
sel_reg
Region of selected country in Q21
sel_inc
Income group of selected country in Q21
Q22
Q22. Is the sector of the affiliate in [Answer at Q21] the same as the parent co
Q22A
Q22A. What is the main sector of your affiliate in [Answer at Q21]
Q22A_Other
Q22A. What is the main sector of your affiliate in [Answer at Q21] - Other (spec
Q23
Q23. What is the main activity of your affiliate in [Answer at Q21%] Is it...
Q23_Other
Q23. What is the main activity of your affiliate in [Answer at Q21%] Is it... -
Q24_1
Q24. Motivation: Access new markets or new customers
Q24_2
Q24. Motivation: Lower production costs or establish a new base for your exports
Q24_3
Q24. Motivation: Coordinate your company’s value chain, such as being closer t
Q24_4
Q24. Motivation: Access natural resources and raw materials, such as oil, gas or
Q24_5
Q24. Motivation: Acquire another firm that will provide your company new technol
Q25
Q25. Which one of these motivations is the MOST IMPORTANT for your company?
Q26_1
Q26. Approximately what proportion of the profits earned by the affiliate in [An
Q27
Q27. Did your company re-invest about...
reinvest
Proportion of earnings reinvested in affiliate
Q28_1_unit
Q28. Duration (unit): Obtain investment approval and permits to start a business
Q28_1_num
Q28. Duration (num): Obtain investment approval and permits to start a business
Q28_1_time
Q28. Duration (months): Obtain investment approval and permits to start a busine
Q28_2_unit
Q28. Duration (unit): Obtain work permits for expatriate staff
Q28_2_num
Q28. Duration (num): Obtain work permits for expatriate staff
Q28_2_time
Q28. Duration (months): Obtain work permits for expatriate staff
Q28_3_unit
Q28. Duration (unit): Obtain a land lease
Q28_3_num
Q28. Duration (num): Obtain a land lease
Q28_3_time
Q28. Duration (months): Obtain a land lease
Q28_4_unit
Q28. Duration (unit): Obtain approval for fiscal and financial incentives, such
Q28_4_num
Q28. Duration (num): Obtain approval for fiscal and financial incentives, such a
Q28_4_time
Q28. Duration (months): Obtain approval for fiscal and financial incentives, suc
Q28_5_unit
Q28. Duration (unit): Repatriate profits, dividends, management fees, and other
Total: 330
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