TY - BOOK TI - Doing business 2016: measuring regulatory quality and efficiency : comparing business regulation for domestic firms in 189 economies : a World Bank Group flagship report SN - 1464806675 AV - HD3611 .D56 2016 U1 - 338.8 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - The World Bank KW - Business enterprises KW - Government policy KW - Commercial law KW - Statistics KW - Industrial laws and legislation KW - New business enterprises KW - Trade regulation KW - fast KW - Regulierung KW - gnd KW - Unternehmensgrundung N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-118) N2 - Doing Business 2016 is the 13th publication in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies. This year the publication addresses regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity including: Starting a business Dealing with construction permits Getting electricity Registering property Getting credit Protecting minority investors Paying taxes Trading across borders Enforcing contracts Resolving insolvency Labor market regulations Doing Business 2016 updates all indicators as of June 1, 2015, ranks economies on their overall ease of doing business, and analyzes reforms to business regulation identifying which economies are strengthening their business environment the most. This report illustrates how reforms in business regulations are being used to analyze economic outcomes for domestic entrepreneurs and for the wider economy. It is a flagship product produced by the World Bank Group that garners worldwide attention on regulatory barriers to entrepreneurship. More than 60 economies have used the Doing Business indicators to shape reform agendas and monitor improvements on the ground. In addition, the Doing Business data has generated over 2,000 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals since its inception UR - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-0667-4 ER -