McKenzie, David and Woodruff, Christopher
(2021).
Business practices in small firms in developing countries 2010-2015.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
UK Data Service.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-854212
Data description (abstract)
Management has a large effect on the productivity of large firms. But does management matter in micro and small firms, where the majority of the labour force in developing countries works? This study developed 26 questions that measure business practices in marketing, stock-keeping, record-keeping, and financial planning. These questions were administered in surveys in Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka. This data helps to show that variation in business practices explains as much of the variation in outcomes—sales, profits, and labour productivity and total factor productivity—in micro-enterprises as in larger enterprises.
These questions were included in surveys of micro and small enterprises conducted in seven countries between 2008 and 2014. These samples vary in their representativeness and size, since they were in most cases conducted as part of impact evaluations of particular programs.
| Data creators: |
| Creator Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| McKenzie David |
World bank |
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| Woodruff Christopher |
Oxford University |
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| Sponsors: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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| Grant reference: |
ES/H021248/1
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| Topic classification: |
Economics
Trade, industry and markets
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| Keywords: |
BUSINESSES, ENTERPRISES, SMALL BUSINESSES, MANAGEMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, LABOUR FORCE, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, MARKETING
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| Project title: |
Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)
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| Grant holders: |
Nicholas Crafts, Andrew Oswald, Sharun Mukand, Sascha O Becker, Kimberley Scharf, Sayantan Ghosal, Stephen Broadberry, Anandi Mani, John Whalley
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| Project dates: |
| From | To |
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| 4 January 2010 | 3 January 2015 |
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| Date published: |
15 Jul 2020 09:33
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| Last modified: |
22 Nov 2021 11:19
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| Collection period: |
| Date from: | Date to: |
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| 4 January 2010 | 3 January 2015 |
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| Country: |
Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Sri Lanka |
| Data collection method: |
The survey questions were included in surveys of micro and small enterprises conducted in seven countries between 2008 and 2014. These samples vary in their representativeness and size, since they were in most cases conducted as part of impact evaluations of particular programs. The surveys conducted in Bangladesh, Kenya, Mexico, and Sri Lanka provide representative samples
of firms of particular size cutoffs, while those in Ghana and Nigeria come from applicants to business plan competitions. The Chile survey was administered to a sample of applicants to a government microenterprise training program. |
| Observation unit: |
Individual, Organization |
| Kind of data: |
Numeric, Text |
| Type of data: |
Business microdata
, Other surveys |
| Resource language: |
English |
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| Rights owners: |
| Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| McKenzie David |
World Bank |
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| Woodruff Christopher |
Oxford University |
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| Contact: |
| Name | Email | Affiliation | ORCID (as URL) |
|---|
| McKenzie, David | dmckenzie@worldbank.org | World Bank | Unspecified |
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| Notes on access: |
The Data Collection is available from an external repository. Access is available via Related Resources.
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| Publisher: |
UK Data Service
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| Last modified: |
22 Nov 2021 11:19
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