Development and Validation of Measurement Scale for Perceived Ease of Doing Business

Abstract

This study has designed to develop and validate measurement scale for perceived ease of doing business. In the first phase extensive literature review was carried out for identification of various dimensions and items for the construct of perceived ease of doing business. Later Survey based research technique has been adopted for data collection. Data for analysis has been collected from 385 respondents in small and medium enterprises. Smartpls software has been used for assessing validity and reliability of scale. The validity of measurement scale has been verified by confirming its face validity, content validity, Convergent Validity, Discriminate Validity, and Indicator Reliability. The reliability of scale has been verified through Cronbach’s Alpha. Results of the study suggest that the developed and refined scale is valid and reliable. Perception of an entrepreneur regrading ease of doing business is vital for entrepreneurial intensions and entrepreneurial actions in an economy. The developed scale may be used for collecting data about perceived ease of doing business in an economy. The developed scale can be used by research scholars and policy makers for collecting data about perceived ease of doing business in an economy.