eThekwini Large and Medium Manufacturing Firm Survey 2013-2014 - South Africa

Abstract
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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.

Geographic coverage
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The survey covers the eThekwini (formerly Durban) metropolitan area of South Africa

Analysis unit
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Establishments

Universe
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The survey covered large manufacturing firms in the eThekwini (formerly Durban) metropolitan area of South Africa

Kind of data
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Sample survey data

Sampling procedure
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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.

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument
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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)

摘要
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2013-2014年度，夸祖鲁纳塔尔大学建筑环境与发展研究学院（School of Built Environment and Development Studies, BEDS）开展了eThekwini市（原Durban市）大型和中等制造企业调查。该项目得到了eThekwini市政府、就业促进计划、国家研究基金会、省经济发展和旅游部以及国家经济发展部的合作与财政支持。该调查收集了关于该市制造业子部门企业状况的数据。项目由一个项目指导委员会监督，该委员会包括合作伙伴组织的代表以及eThekwini商业界的成员。该校在2002年5月至2003年4月间也进行了类似的调查，即2002-2003年度的德班大型企业调查。在2013-2014轮调查中，部分问题被重复提出，以构成一项面板研究。这些问题的列表随调查文件一同提供。
地理覆盖范围
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调查覆盖了南非的eThekwini（原Durban）大都市区。
分析单元
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企业单位
总体
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调查涵盖了南非eThekwini（原Durban）大都市区的大型制造企业。
数据类型
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样本调查数据
抽样程序
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为了协助现场工作人员选择样本单位（企业），世界银行向南非大学市场调研局（Bureau of Market Research, BMR）提供了各种样本框架（企业名称列表）。这些样本框架被用于通过电话随机联系企业，以安排与企业的总经理、经理或所有者的会面。由于没有任何样本框架能够完全涵盖在德班大都市区运营的所有企业，因此不得不使用多个样本框架。本研究旨在按行业类型、就业规模分组和地理区域对行业进行分层。在这些样本框架方面存在一些局限性：它们缺乏就业规模分组分类，对于某些行业的企业数量有限，并且存在地理定位问题。在某些情况下，关于企业的信息已过时。
数据收集方式
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面对面（f2f）
研究工具
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调查的八份问卷涵盖了以下主题：
问卷1：一般性问题（由总经理/CEO完成）：一般商业信息、经济政策环境、政府在投资促进和地方经济发展中的作用、公司治理和所有权结构、母公司、公司财务、利率、出口、进口和汇率、公司税率、PDI（先前不利个人）在公司所有权中的参与、未来预期、合并/收购
问卷2：生产相关问题（由生产经理完成）：生产的产品、选址选择、产能利用率、资本资产
问卷3：财务相关问题（由财务经理完成）
问卷4：采购相关问题（由采购经理完成）：商业关系、原材料采购、进口关税和关税、原材料进口
问卷5：销售/营销相关问题（由销售/营销经理完成）：商业关系、商业协会会员资格、信息来源、产品销售、出口、商业运营和盈利能力、政府合同
问卷6：人力资源相关问题（由人力资源经理完成）：招聘、培训、劳动关系、劳动力市场规制、就业规模和模式、员工交通基础设施、劳动力成本和HIV/AIDS的影响
问卷7：行政/法律相关问题（由行政经理完成）：创业许可证和许可、继续运营所需的许可和许可
问卷8：港口相关问题（由航运/出口/营销经理完成）