2012 Russian Federation Enterprise Survey : Country Highlights

Comparing the performance of Russian firms in 2012 by sales, employment and labor productivity growth with those of other countries the results show that firms in Russia exhibited higher real annual sales and labor productivity growth. The growth f...

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Main Authors: World Bank, International Finance Corporation
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/20368690/enterprise-surveys-russian-federation-country-highlights-2012
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spelling okr-10986-208792021-04-23T14:03:58Z 2012 Russian Federation Enterprise Survey : Country Highlights World Bank International Finance Corporation BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS BUSINESSES COMPETITORS CUSTOMS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ELECTRICITY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENTERPRISE SURVEY FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRMS GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS INCOME LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR REGULATIONS LICENSE LICENSES LICENSING PERFORMANCE MEASURES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES RESULTS TOP MANAGEMENT WORKERS Comparing the performance of Russian firms in 2012 by sales, employment and labor productivity growth with those of other countries the results show that firms in Russia exhibited higher real annual sales and labor productivity growth. The growth figures for Russia 2012 are higher than those reported in a similar survey for Russia implemented in 2009, indicating an accelerated growth performance of the private sector in the country over the three years. The Enterprise Survey covers several topics of the business environment as well as performance measures for each firm. The main highlights from the survey are: firms in Russia show higher female participation in the workforce and top management, but less in ownership; over one third of firms in Russia cite tax rates as the biggest obstacle to their growth; firms in Russia face higher costs of regulation compared to those in other countries; firms in Russia face a relatively inefficient public service delivery; and not surprisingly, informal payments are indispensable to get some key public services. 2014-12-22T17:26:11Z 2014-12-22T17:26:11Z 2013-10-22 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/20368690/enterprise-surveys-russian-federation-country-highlights-2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20879 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Russian Federation
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topic BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS
BUSINESSES
COMPETITORS
CUSTOMS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ELECTRICITY
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
ENTERPRISE SURVEY
FIRM PERFORMANCE
FIRMS
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
INCOME
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
LABOR REGULATIONS
LICENSE
LICENSES
LICENSING
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICES
RESULTS
TOP MANAGEMENT
WORKERS
spellingShingle BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS
BUSINESSES
COMPETITORS
CUSTOMS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ELECTRICITY
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
ENTERPRISE SURVEY
FIRM PERFORMANCE
FIRMS
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
INCOME
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
LABOR REGULATIONS
LICENSE
LICENSES
LICENSING
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICES
RESULTS
TOP MANAGEMENT
WORKERS
World Bank
International Finance Corporation
2012 Russian Federation Enterprise Survey : Country Highlights
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Russian Federation
description Comparing the performance of Russian firms in 2012 by sales, employment and labor productivity growth with those of other countries the results show that firms in Russia exhibited higher real annual sales and labor productivity growth. The growth figures for Russia 2012 are higher than those reported in a similar survey for Russia implemented in 2009, indicating an accelerated growth performance of the private sector in the country over the three years. The Enterprise Survey covers several topics of the business environment as well as performance measures for each firm. The main highlights from the survey are: firms in Russia show higher female participation in the workforce and top management, but less in ownership; over one third of firms in Russia cite tax rates as the biggest obstacle to their growth; firms in Russia face higher costs of regulation compared to those in other countries; firms in Russia face a relatively inefficient public service delivery; and not surprisingly, informal payments are indispensable to get some key public services.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author World Bank
International Finance Corporation
author_facet World Bank
International Finance Corporation
author_sort World Bank
title 2012 Russian Federation Enterprise Survey : Country Highlights
title_short 2012 Russian Federation Enterprise Survey : Country Highlights
title_full 2012 Russian Federation Enterprise Survey : Country Highlights
title_fullStr 2012 Russian Federation Enterprise Survey : Country Highlights
title_full_unstemmed 2012 Russian Federation Enterprise Survey : Country Highlights
title_sort 2012 russian federation enterprise survey : country highlights
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/20368690/enterprise-surveys-russian-federation-country-highlights-2012
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20879
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