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International Business Registers Report
1. The Journey 2007-2016
Celia Johnston
Project Group RegisSTAR
Germany
Monica Grahn
Swedish Companies Registrations Office
2. The Journey 2007-2016
We in the Working Group
โข Hayley E. Clarke, Canada
โข Kasper Sengelรธv, Denmark
โข Celia Johnston, Germany
โข Jens Grobelny, Germany
โข Sneลพana Toลกiฤ, Serbia
โข Latha Kunjappa, Singapore
โข Annika Brรคnstrรถm, Sweden
โข Monica Grahn, Sweden
โข Magdalena Norlin Schรถnfeldt, Sweden
โข Stacey-Jo Smith, UK
โข Marissa Soto-Ortiz, USA
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3. The Journey 2007-2016
Changes this Year
โข The Survey โ February -- June
โข The Report 2017 โ October/November
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4. The Journey 2007-2016
Changes this Year
โข The Survey โ February -- June
โ Is running now
โข The Report 2017 โ October/November
โฆand if you have questions โ Welcome to visit us!
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6. The Journey 2007-2016
Respondents Over the Years
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0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2012 2013 2014 2015
Africa & ME 7 6 6 4
Asia-Pac 10 10 11 10
Europe 35 34 35 39
The Americas 20 23 41 36
Number of Respondents by Region
7. The Journey 2007-2016
Centralised vs Decentralised
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Centralised vs Decentralised
Centralised Decentralised (autonomous and non autonomous local offices)
8. The Journey 2007-2016
Share Capital
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0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
2011 2012 2013 2014
Minimum Share Capital Requested (โฌ)
Private limited company Public limited company Limited company LLC
10. The Journey 2007-2016
The World is (Becoming) Digitised
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Proportion of the Population Using the Internet
Africa Asia and Pacific The Americas Arab States CIS Europe World
11. The Journey 2007-2016
โฆ and the Business Registries
โข Development
โข e-Services
โข Legislation
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12. The Journey 2007-2016
โฆ and the Business Registries
โข Development
โข e-Services
โข Legislation
Processing Time๏ก
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13. The Journey 2007-2016
Filing Services
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Filing Services Provided on the Website
Electronic filing of documents for entity formation Electronic filing of documents for changes in the register
14. The Journey 2007-2016
Register Online
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2007 2008 2009 2010
Possibility to Completely Register Online
Sole trader General partnership Private limited company Public limited company
15. The Journey 2007-2016
Mandatory or not
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0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Mandatory e-Services
Sole trader General partnership Private limited companies
Public limited companies Limited company/corporation LLC
16. The Journey 2007-2016
Positive Effect
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0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Numberofhours
Processing Times for Electronically Submitted Documents
Electronic submission for formation/incorporation Electronic submission for changes
19. The Journey 2007-2016
The questions asked
โข Timeline?
โข Obstacles?
โข Changes?
โข Results?
โข The Future?
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20. The Journey 2007-2016
The Participants
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Bogotรก Massachusetts
Quรฉbec Latvia
Republic of Macedonia Denmark
Lesotho Solomon Islands
Slovenia
21. The Journey 2007-2016
We learned that โฆ
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โฆ we need to be digital
ready through regulations
and legislation.
โฆ we need the digital
infrastructure and to be
prepared to take the cost.
โฆ the role of the Business
Registerโs workforce may
change.
โฆ we see an overall
increase of electronic
filing, which results in
faster processing times.