{"doc_desc":{"title":"zaf-beds-elmmfs-2013-2014-v1","producers":[{"name":"DataFirst","abbreviation":"","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","role":"Metadata Producer"}],"prod_date":"2020-05-14","version_statement":{"version":"Version 4"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"zaf-beds-elmmfs-2002-2003-v1","title":"eThekwini Large and Medium Manufacturing Firm Survey 2013-2014","alt_title":"ELMMFS 2013-2014"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"School of Built Environment and Development Studies","affiliation":"UKZN"},{"name":"eThekwini Municipality","affiliation":""},{"name":"World Bank","affiliation":""},{"name":"Bureau of Market Research","affiliation":"UNISA"}],"production_statement":{"funding_agencies":[{"name":"Employment Promotion Programme","abbreviation":"EPP","role":"Funder"},{"name":"National Research Foundation","abbreviation":"NRF","role":"Funder"},{"name":"Provincial Department of Economic Development and Tourism","abbreviation":"DDED","role":"Funder"},{"name":"Department of Economic Development","abbreviation":"DED","role":"Funder"}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"http:\/\/support.data1st.org\/"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Enterprise\/Establishment Survey [en]","series_info":"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"},"version_statement":{"version":"v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution","version_date":"2016"},"study_info":{"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.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2013","end":"2014","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"South Africa","abbreviation":"zaf"}],"geog_coverage":"The survey covers the eThekwini (formerly Durban) metropolitan area of South Africa","geog_unit":"The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is area\/suburb","analysis_unit":"Establishments","universe":"The survey covered large manufacturing firms in the eThekwini (formerly Durban) metropolitan area of South Africa","data_kind":"Sample survey data","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."},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Bureau of Market Research","abbreviation":"BMR","affiliation":"UNISA"}],"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.","coll_mode":"Face-to-face [f2f]","research_instrument":"The eight questionnaires for the survey covered the following topics:\n \nquestionnaire 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 \nquestionnaire 2: production related issues (completed by production manager): Products manufactured, choice of location, capacity utilization, capital assets\nquestionnaire 3: financial related issues (completed by financial manager) \nquestionnaire 4: purchase related issues (completed by the purchasing manager): Business relations, purchase of raw materials, import duties and tariffs, import of raw materials,\nquestionnaire 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,\nquestionnaire 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\nquestionnaire 7: administrative\/legal related issues (completed by the administrative manager): Start-up licenses and permits, licensing and permits required to continue operations\nquestionnaire 8: port related issues (completed by the shipping\/export\/marketing manager)"}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"http:\/\/www.datafirst.uct.ac.za"}],"cit_req":"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","conditions":"Public use files, available to all"}}},"schematype":"survey"}