Dr. Nikica Mojsoska-BlazevskiUniversity American College-Skopje

Methodology and sample

Business perception on- Legislation- Macro factors- Company

BEIM vs. BEEPS

Future steps

• Conducted on a sample of 245 enterprises and 7 institutions, 55 responses were collected

• Survey is based on a questionnaire of the Business Alliance of Slovakia

• Questionnaire consists of 3 sections of total 33 itemsA) Legislation B) Macro C) Company

• Each item is valued (assessed) on a scale from -3 to 3• Quarterly basis to track developments over time

All three items show negative values; prevalence of answers indicating deterioration

The most negative is item Macro factors

All three items show negative values; prevalence of answers indicating deterioration

The most negative is item Macro factorsFindings

The impact of the legislation and regulatory framework on (doing) business

The impact of the legislation and regulatory framework on (doing) business

Best (valued) item of the overall BEIMBest (valued) item of the overall BEIM

Top three ranked items:Top three ranked items:

Regulation of market entry/exit and cross boarder trade (licensing, certificates, duties)

Labour Law

Commercial Law

Perceived “top” three negatives:Perceived “top” three negatives:

Acceptance of subject equality before the law (71% of respondents assigned value of -2)

Functionality of political system in the country (18% assigned value of -2)

Market regulation, competition

This component has highest negative value

Only one item has positive score (ER stability)

The other two “positive” items are credibility and financial discipline of business partners and corruption

Extreme improvementExtreme improvement is present only in the answers to this section

Extreme improvementExtreme improvement is present only in the answers to this section

Worst performanceWorst performance in the area of fulfillment of company vision and mission,

liquidity and investments

Worst performanceWorst performance in the area of fulfillment of company vision and mission,

liquidity and investments

Support for local region, charitySupport for local region, charity Information openness, imageInformation openness, image

Test and re-think methodology

Provide consistency Increase sample size

Publish BEIM quarterlyIncrease awareness

Use BEIM as a tool in the dialogue with the business community

Thank you for the attention

nikica@uacs.edu.mk