International Finance CorporationMultilateral Investment Guarantee AgencyWorld Bank2017-06-132017-06-132012-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27096This report shows how business registers employ information and communication technology (ICT) to perform their functions more efficiently while at the same time providing businesses with more user-friendly services. Particular attention is paid to achieving innovative solutions, that is, solutions using ICT as a catalyst for re-engineering the registration process to improve users experiences and to provide useful services and high-quality information for both the private and the public sectors. In addition, this analysis demonstrates that business registers play an increasingly important part in e-Government solutions. Aimed at integrating services, e-Government solutions build on information sharing. This underscores the importance of business registers as master data sources. This analysis is based on data from the following sources: a 2011 survey of 41 business registers conducted by the Bronnoysund register centre in cooperation with the World Bank Group; case studies undertaken in 2011 in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Italy, Vietnam, and Norway; the 2011 World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) doing business report; the 2011 World Bank Group study of ICT solutions in 34 company registers; the 2011 European commerce registers forum report; and the International Council On Archives (CIA) factbook.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO NETWORKSACCESS TO THE INTERNETACCOUNTACCOUNTANTSACCOUNTINGACCOUNTING SOFTWAREACCOUNTSATTRIBUTESAUDITORSAUTHENTICATIONAUTOMATIONBACK-OFFICEBASICBEST PRACTICEBEST PRACTICESBEST-PRACTICEBROWSERBROWSERSBUSINESS ACTIVITIESBUSINESS ACTIVITYBUSINESS COMMUNITYBUSINESS DEVELOPMENTBUSINESS ENTRYBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTBUSINESS INFORMATIONBUSINESS MANAGEMENTBUSINESS OPPORTUNITIESBUSINESS PARTNERBUSINESS PARTNERSBUSINESS PROCESSESBUSINESS REGISTRATIONBUSINESS RELATIONSBUSINESS SECTORBUSINESS SECTORSBUSINESS TRANSACTIONSBUSINESSESCAPABILITIESCD-ROMCENTRAL SERVERCERTIFICATECERTIFICATESCOMMERCECOMMUNICATION STRATEGYCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYCOMPACT DISCCOMPANY INFORMATIONCOMPONENTSCONFIDENTIALITYCONTACT INFORMATIONCOPYINGCOPYRIGHTCOST SAVINGSCUSTOMSDATA ENTRYDATA PROCESSINGDATA SOURCESDATA STORAGEDEBIT CARDSDELIVERY SERVICESDIGITALDIGITAL SIGNATURESDISTRIBUTION SERVICESDOMAINDOMAIN NAMEE-MAILECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEGOVERNMENTELECTRONIC BUSINESSELECTRONIC EXCHANGEELECTRONIC FILINGELECTRONIC FORMATELECTRONIC FORMATSELECTRONIC FORMSELECTRONIC PROCEDURESELECTRONIC SERVICESELECTRONIC SIGNATUREELECTRONIC SIGNATURESELECTRONIC STORAGEELECTRONIC TRANSFERENGINEERINGEXCHANGE OF DATAEXCHANGE OF INFORMATIONEXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGEFILE TRANSFERFILE TRANSFER PROTOCOLFILE TRANSFER PROTOCOLSFILE TRANSFERSFINANCIAL BENEFITSFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL STATEMENTSFINANCIAL SUPPORTFUNCTIONALITYGOVERNMENT FUNDINGGOVERNMENT SERVICESGROUP OF USERSHARD COPIESHIGH-SPEEDICTIDIDSIMAGESIMPLEMENTATIONSINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTINFORMATION EXCHANGEINFORMATION NETWORKINFORMATION PROVIDERSINFORMATION SERVICEINFORMATION SERVICESINFORMATION SHARINGINFORMATION STORAGEINNOVATIONINNOVATIONSINTERFACESINTERNAL PROCESSESINTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERSINTEROPERABILITYLAW ENFORCEMENTLEGAL BASISLEGAL FRAMEWORKLEGAL FRAMEWORKSLICENSELICENSESMARKUPMATERIALMEDIAMEDIUM ENTERPRISEMONITORSOCROFFICE SYSTEMOFFICE SYSTEMSONE-STOP SHOPONLINE PAYMENTONLINE PAYMENT SYSTEMONLINE REGISTRATIONOPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITIONOUTSOURCINGPAYMENT INFORMATIONPAYMENT METHODSPCPDFPRIVACYPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTORSPROCESS INFORMATIONPUBLIC DISCLOSUREPUBLIC KEYPUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTUREQUALITY OF SERVICESQUERIESREAD ONLY MEMORYREGISTERSREGISTRATION APPLICATIONREGISTRATION APPLICATIONSREGISTRATION OF BUSINESSESREGISTRIESREGISTRYREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY REQUIREMENTSREPORTINGREPORTING PROCEDURESRESULTRESULTSSCANNINGSEARCHSEARCHESSINGLE IDSTANDARD FORMATSTARTUPSSUPERVISIONTECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURETECHNICAL REQUIREMENTSTECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURETECHNOLOGY STANDARDSTELEPHONETELEPHONE SERVICESTRANSACTIONTRANSACTION VOLUMESTRANSMISSIONUNIQUE IDUNIQUE IDENTIFIERUNIQUE IDENTIFIERSUNIQUE IDSUSERUSER EXPERIENCEUSER GROUPSUSERSUSESVERIFICATIONWEBWEB SERVICESWEBSITEXMLReportWorld Bank10.1596/27096