Microenterprise Growth and the Flypaper Effect, Randomized Experiment 2008-2010
Ghana, 2008 - 2010
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MAIN reason why some businesses fail or have to close down (trust_1)
Data file: GhanaRound3Single_la
Overview
Valid:
802
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Start:
2108
End:
2171
Width:
64
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Now I want you to think about different reasons why a small business like yours may fail. Which of these best describes the MAIN reason you think some businesses fail or have to close down? (trust_1)
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| Attidute towards customers | |
| Cost of building materials very high so customers | |
| If they don't buy your goods regularly | |
| If you don't know how to deal with customers | |
| Locatipn | |
| Low capital. | |
| Reducing capital to take of family needs | |
| Sickness | |
| Some business owners are not skilled enough. | |
| Some business owners do not work hard enough. | |
| Some businesses suffer losses because of government policies. | |
| Some businesses suffer losses from credit given to customers. | |
| Some businesses suffer losses which are not their owners' fault. | |
| When they don't buy your goods regularly | |
| a lot of competitors, low sales | |
| aTtitude | |
| attitude of owner | |
| bad weather and poor record keeping | |
| because of huge expenses. | |
| because they don't take proper account. | |
| change of agreed selling price by competitors | |
| customers are less now | |
| due to poor calculation. | |
| exp more than income | |
| expenditure more than income | |
| extravagant lifestyles | |
| high cost of transport | |
| if they don't buy the iterms | |
| if you don't says the truth and people will stop d | |
| impulse buying | |
| ineffective record keeping | |
| lack of capital and decent place to sell | |
| lack of credit | |
| lack of enough capital | |
| lack of funds | |
| lack of market for product | |
| lack of proper management | |
| less money to get enough goods | |
| living beyond means | |
| location | |
| loss of funds.or spending unesu unesc | |
| losses customers charges are high | |
| low capita. | |
| low capital | |
| low capital. | |
| misuse of capital | |
| most don't no how to talk to customers. | |
| not keeping records | |
| poor record keeping | |
| poor record keeping and owner's attitude | |
| ppl buy less as compared to first | |
| prices increases in general it affects everything. | |
| some small business owners don't no how to talke . | |
| some use their capital for clothing. | |
| spend money unnecessarily | |
| spending money unnecessarily | |
| spending much from what is eearnede | |
| tell the truth | |
| the way you take with your customers | |
| unfriendly to customers | |
| unskilled owner and poor record keeping | |
| when cost of materiels keep on going up | |
| when exp is more than income | |
| when prices keeps rising. | |
| when sale get much | |
| when they don't buy the goods you are selling | |
| when they don't buy your eggs quickly,the eggs mig | |
| when they don't buy your things regularly | |
| when you spent all the money on food and the rest. | |
| when you use your capital on food | |
| whn sales are very low | |
| whn u poke your nose in ppl,s matters |
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.