Bureaucracy Index 2024 – Results

Bureaucracy Index 2024 – Results

Slovakia Leads with Highest Bureaucratic Burden, Poland Ranks Most Business-Friendly Several existing competitiveness rankings assess factors like law enforcement, infrastructure, and tax law from a business perspective. However, these often lack an accessible, practical translation of how these factors impact the daily operations of small businesses. The Bureaucracy Index was launched in 2016 by the […]
The Bureaucracy Index 2020 and the International Bureaucracy Day

The Bureaucracy Index 2020 and the International Bureaucracy Day

In 2016, Slovakia’s Institute of Economic and Social Studies (INESS) introduced the Bureaucracy Index, which draws attention to the amount of red tape a small entrepreneur has to navigate on a daily basis. The Index is based on a straightforward methodology, using the analysis of a model micro company and all of its bureaucratic obligations—such as taxes, worktime […]
Bureaucracy Index Shows Weight of Red Tape in Four Countries

Bureaucracy Index Shows Weight of Red Tape in Four Countries

Everyone wants to fight red tape – the European Union, governments, politicians. Well, at least according to their proclamations, party programs, and numerous conferences.
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Let’s Ban Uber and Live in the Trees

Let’s Ban Uber and Live in the Trees

Imagine a world in which everything has to be approved by the parliament, and only then that thing might actually happen. In such a world, there would be no innovations. In a different kind of world, things change first and the laws follow. Recently, the news that the General Advocate has advised the Court of Justice of the EU to recognize Uber as […]
Bureaucracy index

Bureaucracy index

What does ”Red Tape“ mean to an average small entrepreneur? Now entrepreneurs of Slovakia, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic know the numbers!
Entrepreneurs call for improving the business environment

Entrepreneurs call for improving the business environment

The Economy Ministry has been working on several measures and promises more.
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