1. Dr. Nikica Mojsoska-Blazevski University American College-Skopje

2.  Methodology and sample  Business perception on - Legislation - Macro factors - Company  BEIM vs. BEEPS  Future steps

3. Conducted on a sample of 245 enterprises and 7 institutions, 55 responses were collected Survey is based on a questionnaire of the Business Alliance of Slovakia Questionnaire consists of 3 sections of total 33 items A) Legislation B) Macro C) Company Each item is valued (assessed) on a scale from -3 to 3 Quarterly basis to track developments over time

4.  All three items show negative values; prevalence of answers indicating deterioration  The most negative is item Macro factors  All three items show negative values; prevalence of answers indicating deterioration  The most negative is item Macro factors Findings

5. The impact of the legislation and regulatory framework on (doing) business The impact of the legislation and regulatory framework on (doing) business Best (valued) item of the overall BEIM Top three ranked items: Regulation of market entry/exit and cross boarder trade (licensing, certificates, duties) Labour Law Commercial Law

7. Perceived “top” three negatives: Acceptance of subject equality before the law (71% of respondents assigned value of -2) Functionality of political system in the country (18% assigned value of -2) Market regulation, competition

9. This component has highest negative value Only one item has positive score (ER stability) The other two “positive” items are credibility and financial discipline of business partners and corruption

12. Extreme improvement is present only in the answers to this section Extreme improvement is present only in the answers to this section Worst performance in the area of fulfillment of company vision and mission, liquidity and investments Worst performance in the area of fulfillment of company vision and mission, liquidity and investments Support for local region, charity Information openness, image

15. Test and re-think methodology Provide consistency Increase sample size Publish BEIM quarterlyIncrease awareness Use BEIM as a tool in the dialogue with the business community

16. Thank you for the attention nikica@uacs.edu.mk