This research was conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina between January and September 2019, as part of the of the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey. The objective of the study is to obtain feedback from enterprises in client countries on the state of the private sector. The research is also used to build a panel of enterprise data that will make it possible to track changes in the business environment over time, thus allowing, for example, impact assessments of reforms. Through face-to-face interviews with firms in the manufacturing and services sectors, the survey assesses the constraints to private sector growth and creates statistically significant business environment indicators that are comparable across countries.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, data from 360 establishments (the same list of establishments included in the 2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina Enterprise Survey as well as additional establsihments) were included. Firms not taken from the 2013 list were provided by the LRC Business Intelligence System. The establishments in the listings are all registered through court registrations with the Municipal Court.
The survey topics include firm characteristics, infrastructure and services, sales and supplies, management practices, degree of competition, capacity, time use of top manager, land and permits, crime, finance, business-government relations, labor, business environment, performance, environment-related aspects, exposure to environmental impacts, management and the environment, environmental policy and regulation, and environmental impact of the establishment.