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eThekwini Large and Medium Manufacturing Firm Survey 2013-2014

South Africa, 2013 - 2014
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zaf-beds-elmmfs-2002-2003-v1
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School of Built Environment and Development Studies, eThekwini Municipality, World Bank, Bureau of Market Research
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • access_policy
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-beds-elmmfs-2002-2003-v1
    Title
    eThekwini Large and Medium Manufacturing Firm Survey 2013-2014
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type
    Enterprise/Establishment Survey [en]
    Series Information
    School of Built Environment and Development Studies, UKZN. eThekwini Large and Medium Manufacturing Firm Survey 2013-2014. [dataset]. Version 1. eThekwini: BEDS [producers] 2016. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2017. DOI: https://doi.org.10.25828/9h75-pq46
    Abstract
    The 2013-2014 Large and Medium Manufacturing Firm Survey in the eThekwini Municipality was undertaken by the School of Built Environment and Development Studies (BEDS ) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The project received collaborative and financial support from the eThekwini Municipality, the Employment Promotion Programme, the National Research Foundation, the provincial Department of Economic Development and Tourism and the National Department of Economic Development. The survey collected data on the conditions of firms in manufacturing sub-sectors in the municipality. The project was overseen by a Project Steering Committee, including representatives of the partner organisations and members of the eThekwini business community. A similar survey was carried out by the School between May 2002 - April 2003, the Durban Large Firm Survey 2002-2003. Certain questions were repeated in the 2013-2014 round, to make up a panel study. A list of these questions is provided with the documents for the survey.
    Kind of Data
    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis
    Establishments

    Version

    Version Description
    v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
    Version Date
    2016

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey collected general business data on the firm, and data on production, finances, purchasing, sales and marketing, business relations, human resources, and administrative and legal matters, as well as port-related data.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The survey covers the eThekwini (formerly Durban) metropolitan area of South Africa
    Geographic Unit
    The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is area/suburb
    Universe
    The survey covered large manufacturing firms in the eThekwini (formerly Durban) metropolitan area of South Africa

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    School of Built Environment and Development Studies UKZN
    eThekwini Municipality
    World Bank
    Bureau of Market Research UNISA
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Employment Promotion Programme Funder
    National Research Foundation Funder
    Provincial Department of Economic Development and Tourism Funder
    Department of Economic Development Funder

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure
    To assist fieldworkers in selecting sample units (firms) the World Bank provided the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) at Unisa with various sample frames (listings of firm names). These sample frames were used to contact firms randomly by telephone in order to set up appointments with the managing directors, managers or owners of the firms. Because no sample frame is comprehensive enough to include all firms operating in the Durban Metropolitan Area, various sample frames had to be utilized. The study was constructed to stratify industry by type, employment size group and geographic area. The sample frames had some limitations in this regard: they lacked employment size group classifications and they had a limited number of firms for certain sectors and they showed geographic location problems. In some cases information on the firms was outdated.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires
    The eight questionnaires for the survey covered the following topics:

    questionnaire 1: general issues (completed by md/ceo): General business information, economic policy environment, government's role in investment promotion and local economic development, corporate governance and ownership structure, parent company, corporate finance, interest rates, exports, imports and exchange rates, company tax rates, pdi (previously disadvantaged individual) participation in company ownership, future expectations, mergers/acquisitions
    questionnaire 2: production related issues (completed by production manager): Products manufactured, choice of location, capacity utilization, capital assets
    questionnaire 3: financial related issues (completed by financial manager)
    questionnaire 4: purchase related issues (completed by the purchasing manager): Business relations, purchase of raw materials, import duties and tariffs, import of raw materials,
    questionnaire 5: sales/marketing related issues (completed by sales/marketing manager): Business relations, membership of business associations, sources of information, sale of products, exports, business operations and profitability, government contracts,
    questionnaire 6: human resource related issues (completed by the hr manager): Recruitment, training, labour relations, labour market regulation, employment size and patterns, employees' transport infrastructure, labour cost and impact of HIV/AIDS
    questionnaire 7: administrative/legal related issues (completed by the administrative manager): Start-up licenses and permits, licensing and permits required to continue operations
    questionnaire 8: port related issues (completed by the shipping/export/marketing manager)

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2013 2014
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Bureau of Market Research UNISA

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Public use files, available to all
    Citation requirements
    School of Built Environment and Development Studies, UKZN. eThekwini Large and Medium Manufacturing Firm Survey 2013-2014. [dataset]. Version 1. eThekwini: BEDS [producers] 2016. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2017. DOI: https://doi.org.10.25828/9h75-pq46

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata Producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-05-14

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 4
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