Malaysia Productivity of the Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey (PICS) 2007 was a collaborative effort of the Malaysian Government and the World Bank. The research covered 1115 businesses working in manufacturing sector and 303 enterprises in services sector. The study aimed to achieve the following objectives: Benchmark productivity, the investment climate, competitiveness, and growth in Malaysia; Identify the key constraints to competitiveness as perceived by firms in the manufacturing and selected business support services sectors; Highlight the key concerns regarding regulatory burden, skills shortages and weak innovation capabilities; Enable the analysis of firm performance focusing on determining how investment climate constraints affect productivity and job creation in selected sectors.
