Doing Business Economy Profile 2013

• Main Authors: World Bank, International Finance Corporation
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: World Bank and International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2012
• Subjects: ACCESS TO SERVICES; ACCOUNTING; ADVERTISING; BANK ACCOUNT; BANK LOAN; BANKRUPTCY; BANKRUPTCY LAW; BORROWER; BUSINESS ENTRY; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT; BUSINESS INDICATOR; BUSINESS REGISTRATION; BUSINESS REGULATION; BUSINESSES; BUYER; CADASTRE; CAPITAL GAINS; CERTIFICATE; CHECKS; COLLATERAL; COLLATERAL AGREEMENT; COLLATERAL FOR LOANS; COLLATERAL LAW; COLLATERAL REGISTRY; COMMERCE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES; COMMERCIAL BUSINESS; COMPANY LAWS; COMPETITIVENESS; COMPLIANCE COSTS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONTRACTORS; CREDIT HISTORY; CREDIT INFORMATION; CREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEM; CREDIT SOURCE; CREDITORS; DEBTOR; DEBTS; DEED; DEFAULTS; DEPOSIT; DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DOMAIN; DUE DILIGENCE; E-MAIL; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26548; http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/968081468034200386/Doing-business-2013-Iceland-smarter-regulations-for-small-and-medium-size-enterprises-comparing-business-regulations-for-domestic-firms-in-185-economies

This tenth edition of Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting eleven areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and employing workers. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 185 economies, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, over time. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where and why. This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Iceland. To allow useful comparison, it also provides data for other selected economies (comparator economies) for each indicator. The data in this report are current as of June 1, 2012 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period January - December 2011).