How Many Stops in a One-Stop Shop? : A Review of Recent Developments in Business Registration
One of the problems in discussing one-stop shops is that everyone seems to have a different idea of what one is. There have been one-stop shops since at least the 1920s, mostly in the retail trade, epitomized by the development of supermarkets and,...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/708751468149688644/How-many-stops-in-a-one-stop-shop-A-review-of-recent-development-in-business-registration http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27886 |
| Summary: | One of the problems in discussing
one-stop shops is that everyone seems to have a different
idea of what one is. There have been one-stop shops since at
least the 1920s, mostly in the retail trade, epitomized by
the development of supermarkets and, in recent years,
internet sales outlets. This book is about one particular
type of service, namely, business registration, and the
various one-stop shops that exist now and might exist in the
future. If there is confusion about what constitutes a
one-stop shop, there are also a variety of views about
business registration. In some countries all businesses have
to be registered, in others, only those companies with a
legal existence separate from their owners. In some
countries, registration is the responsibility of the courts;
in others, it is an administrative function handled by a
government ministry, semi-autonomous agency, or chamber of
commerce. Registration may be a function of a central
institution or may be affected at a local level. In all
these areas, there is change when it comes to implementing a
one-stop shop. It is hardly surprising therefore that there
are many different views about what constitutes, or should
constitute, a one-stop shop. |
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