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Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries 2008-2014

World, 2008 - 2014
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WLD_2008-2014_BPSFDC_v01_M
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David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
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May 03, 2016
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Mar 29, 2019
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Data file: BusinessPracticesReplicationdata

Anonymized dataset on business practices for all countries and firms

Cases: 44579
Variables: 111

Variables

weight
Survey weight
manuf
Sector is manufacturing
services
Sector is services
trade
Sector is trade
male
Owner is male
ownerage
Age of owner
ednyears
Years of education of owner
digitspan
Digitspan recall
ageoffirm
Firm age (years)
paidworkers
Number of paid workers
inventories
Value of inventories
firmid
Firm identification number
bangladesh
Bangladesh country dummy
round
Survey round
ownershipstatus
Ownership Status
ownershours
Hours worked by owner in last week
startedbusiness
Owner started business themselves
monthlysales
Sales in the last month
annualsales
Sales in the last year
monthlyprofit
Monthly profit
municipalregister
Registered at Municipal Level
taxregister
Registered for national taxes
capitalstock
Capital stock
bp_m1
Marketing 1: Visited competitor's business to see prices
bp_m2
Marketing 2: Visited competitor's business to see products
bp_m3
Marketing 3: Asked existing customers what other products they should offer
bp_m4
Marketing 4: Talked with former customer to see why stopped buying
bp_m5
Marketing 5: Asked supplier what products selling well
bp_m6
Marketing 6: Used a special offer to attract customers
bp_m7
Marketing 7: Have done advertising in last 6 months
bp_b1
Buying & Stock Control 1: negotiate for lower price
bp_b2
Buying & Stock Control 2: compare alternate suppliers
bp_b3
Buying & Stock Control 3: Don't run out of stock frequently
bp_r1
Costing & Record Keeping 1: Keep written records
bp_r2
Costing & Record Keeping 2: record every purchase and sale
bp_r3
Costing & Record Keeping 3: can use records to know cash on hand
bp_r4
Costing & Record Keeping 4: use records to know whether sales of product increas
bp_r5
Costing & Record Keeping 5: worked out cost of each main product
bp_r6
Costing & Record Keeping 6: know which goods make most profit per item
bp_r7
Costing & Record Keeping 7: have a written budget for monthly expenses
bp_r8
Costing & Record Keeping 8: have records that could document ability to pay to b
bp_f1
Financial Planning 1: review financial performance monthly
bp_f2
Financial Planning 2: have sales target for next year
bp_f3
Financial Planning 3: compare sales goal to target monthly
bp_f4
Financial Planning 4: have a budget of costs for next year
bp_f5
Financial Planning 5: prepare profit and loss statement
bp_f6
Financial Planning 6: prepare cashflow statement
bp_f7
Financial Planning 7: prepare balance sheet
bp_f8
Financial Planning 8: prepare income and expenditure statement
competition1
Percent of sales from within small local area
competition2
Number of firms in same business line in your area
competition3
Most important competitor is located within 1 km of business
competition4
Would take less than a day for customer to replace you
detailedindustry
Detailed industry code
excrate
Market exchange rate to USD (divide by this to get USD)
father_owned_business
Father owned a business
mother_owned_business
Mother owned a business
srilanka
Sri Lanka country dummy
discountrate1
Discount rate 5 months vs 6 months (higher = more impatient)
hyperbolic
Hyperbolic discounter
raven
Raven test score
survival
Business is surviving
training_treat
Randomly Assigned to Training Treatment
training_attend
Attends Business Training after being assigned
othertreatment
Received a treatment other than training
intergrp_1
Intervention_Grp1
intergrp_2
Intervention_Grp2
allpaidhours
Sum of hours worked by paid workers, normal week
booster
Sri Lankan booster sample
business_SIC
Business SIC code
allpaid_start
number of paid workers, 1st year
raven_c
Raven C score
mv_b1
Audit of Buying & Stock Control 1: negotiate for lower price
mv_b2
Audit of Buying & Stock Control 2: compare alternate suppliers
mv_b3
Audit of Buying & Stock Control 3: Don't run out of stock frequently
mv_r1
Audit of Costing & Record Keeping 1: Keep written records
mv_r2
Audit of Costing & Record Keeping 2: record every purchase and sale
mv_r3
Audit of Costing & Record Keeping 3: can use records to know cash on hand
mv_r4
Audit of Costing & Record Keeping 4: use records to know whether sales of produc
mv_r5
Audit of Costing & Record Keeping 5: worked out cost of each main product
mv_r6
Audit of Costing & Record Keeping 6: know which goods make most profit per item
mv_r7
Audit of Costing & Record Keeping 7: have a written budget for monthly expenses
mv_r8
Audit of Costing & Record Keeping 8: have records that could document ability to
mv_f1
Audit of Financial Planning 1: review financial performance monthly
mv_f2
Audit of Financial Planning 2: have sales target for next year
mv_f3
Audit of Financial Planning 3: compare sales goal to target monthly
mv_f4
Audit of Financial Planning 4: have a budget of costs for next year
mv_f5
Audit of Financial Planning 5: prepare profit and loss statement
mv_f6
Audit of Financial Planning 6: prepare cashflow statement
mv_f7
Audit of Financial Planning 7: prepare balance sheet
mv_f8
Audit of Financial Planning 8: prepare income and expenditure statement
mv_m1
Audit of Marketing 1: Visited competitor's business to see prices
mv_m2
Audit of Marketing 2: Visited competitor's business to see products
mv_m3
Audit of Marketing 3: Asked existing customers what other products they should o
mv_m4
Audit of Marketing 4: Talked with former customer to see why stopped buying
mv_m5
Audit of Marketing 5: Asked supplier what products selling well
mv_m6
Audit of Marketing 6: Used a special offer to attract customers
mv_m7
Audit of Marketing 7: Have done advertising in last 6 months
slksmes
Sri Lanka SME sample
nigeria
Nigeria country dummy
cropandanimal
Sector is crop and animal
othersector
Sector is other
businesssector_sic
3 digit SIC code for business sector
youwinner
Winner in business plan competition
kenya
Kenya Country Dummy
sic
Ghana more detailed business type
treatghana
Treated in Ghana
ghana
Ghana dummy variable
chile
Chile country dummy
mexico
Mexico dummy variable
country
Country
Total: 111
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