Survey on “Factors of Business Success” (FOBS)
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Survey onSurvey on“Factors of Business “Factors of Business
Success” (FOBS)Success” (FOBS)
ISTAT/Eurostat/OECD Seminar on Entrepreneurship ISTAT/Eurostat/OECD Seminar on Entrepreneurship IndicatorsIndicators
Rome, December 6-7, 2006Rome, December 6-7, 2006
Hartmut Schrör, EurostatHartmut Schrör, [email protected]@ec.europa.eu
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ContentsContents
ProjectProject BackgroundBackground ParticipantsParticipants MethodologyMethodology QuestionnaireQuestionnaire
DataData Dissemination and publicationDissemination and publication Selected resultsSelected results
ConclusionsConclusions
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BackgroundBackground
Successful data collection on Business Successful data collection on Business DemographyDemography
Business Demography: births, survivals, Business Demography: births, survivals, deaths, and related employmentdeaths, and related employment
Further questionsFurther questions What are the factors determining the success / What are the factors determining the success /
survival of newly born enterprises?survival of newly born enterprises? What obstacles do newly born enterprises face?What obstacles do newly born enterprises face? What support to them is most useful?What support to them is most useful? What is the profile of the successful entrepreneur?What is the profile of the successful entrepreneur?
=> FOBS project=> FOBS project
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ParticipantsParticipants
15 countries15 countries 7 EU-15 Member States: Denmark, France, Italy, 7 EU-15 Member States: Denmark, France, Italy,
Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, SwedenLuxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Sweden 6 New Member States: Czech Republic, Estonia, 6 New Member States: Czech Republic, Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, SlovakiaLatvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia 2 Acceding Countries: Bulgaria and Romania2 Acceding Countries: Bulgaria and Romania
Eurostat: project co-ordination, aggregated Eurostat: project co-ordination, aggregated resultsresults
Commission DG “Enterprise and Industry”: Commission DG “Enterprise and Industry”: FinancingFinancing
OECDOECD
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MethodologyMethodology
Target populationTarget population Enterprises that were born in 2002 and survived for 3 Enterprises that were born in 2002 and survived for 3
years, until the time of the survey in 2005.years, until the time of the survey in 2005. Sub-population of enterprises that are still managed by Sub-population of enterprises that are still managed by
the founder => profile of the successful entrepreneurthe founder => profile of the successful entrepreneur Samples drawn from populations of newly born Samples drawn from populations of newly born
enterprises identified in business registers using enterprises identified in business registers using the business demography methodologythe business demography methodology
Attempt at identifying survivals into the presentAttempt at identifying survivals into the present Variety in sampling schemes and grossing-up Variety in sampling schemes and grossing-up
methodsmethods
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Questionnaire (1/2)Questionnaire (1/2)
Start-up conditionsStart-up conditions Motivation for start-upMotivation for start-up FinancingFinancing Difficulties at start-upDifficulties at start-up Support and adviceSupport and advice
Entrepreneur’s characteristicsEntrepreneur’s characteristics EducationEducation Experience managing an enterpriseExperience managing an enterprise Branch experienceBranch experience GenderGender AgeAge CitizenshipCitizenship
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Questionnaire (2/2)Questionnaire (2/2)
Present situationPresent situation Employment, turnoverEmployment, turnover Co-operation, networkingCo-operation, networking Difficulties developing the enterpriseDifficulties developing the enterprise
Future plans and expectationsFuture plans and expectations Future of the enterprise (continuing, selling, Future of the enterprise (continuing, selling,
closing down)closing down) Development of employment, turnover, Development of employment, turnover,
investmentsinvestments
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ContentsContents
ProjectProject BackgroundBackground ParticipantsParticipants MethodologyMethodology QuestionnaireQuestionnaire
DataData Dissemination and publicationDissemination and publication Selected resultsSelected results
ConclusionsConclusions
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DisseminationDissemination
Datasets released on Eurostat websiteDatasets released on Eurostat websitehttphttp://ec.europa.eu/eurostat://ec.europa.eu/eurostat Data Data Industry, Trade and ServicesIndustry, Trade and Services Horizontal ViewHorizontal View Special topics of structural business statisticsSpecial topics of structural business statistics Factors of Business SuccessFactors of Business Success
Metadata in SDDS formatMetadata in SDDS format
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DisseminationDissemination
Complete aggregated datasetsComplete aggregated datasets ““EU” aggregate of 10 countries: CZ, DK, EU” aggregate of 10 countries: CZ, DK,
IT, LT, LU, AT, SK, SE, BG and ROIT, LT, LU, AT, SK, SE, BG and RO Excel sheets with selected indicatorsExcel sheets with selected indicators
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PublicationPublication
Statistics in Focus “The Profile of the Statistics in Focus “The Profile of the Successful Entrepreneur”Successful Entrepreneur”http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NP-06-029/EN/KS-NP-06-029-EN.PDFhttp://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NP-06-029/EN/KS-NP-06-029-EN.PDF
12 pages in English, German, French12 pages in English, German, French Indicators referring to entrepreneur Indicators referring to entrepreneur
characteristicscharacteristics Age, gender, education, experience, citizenshipAge, gender, education, experience, citizenship
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Experience running an Experience running an enterpriseenterprise
Start-up difficultiesStart-up difficulties
0
10
20
30
40
50
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70
Admini-stration
Contactsw ith
customers
Financing Alone asentrepreneur
Pricing goodsOutstandinginvoices
Findingpremises
Findingsuppliers
Suitablepersonnel
Informationtechnology
Backing fromfamily
No experience One experience More than one experience
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Experience running an Experience running an enterpriseenterprise
Sources of adviceSources of adviceSources of advice (%)
0
10
20
30
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60
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EU None EU One EU 2 or more
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Branch experienceBranch experienceJudgement of profitabilityJudgement of profitability
Judgement of profitability (%)
0
5
10
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20
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40
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Very good Good Barely sufficient Poor
EU No EU Yes
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AgeAgeInnovationInnovation
Innovation in the enterprise (%)
0
2
4
6
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Product innovation Process innovation Organisational innovation Marketing innovation
EU Less than 30 years EU Between 30 and 39 years EU 40 years and over
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GenderGenderLabour Force Survey vs. FOBSLabour Force Survey vs. FOBS
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20
40
60
80
100
LFS FOBS
Females Males
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GenderGenderShare in NACE activitiesShare in NACE activities
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40
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80
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Industry Construction Wholesale andretail trade
Hotels andrestaurants
Transport,storage and
communication
Financialintermediation
Real estate,renting andbusinessactivities
(excluding74.15)
Males Females
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GenderGenderPrevious occupationPrevious occupation
Previous occupation (%)
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10
20
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40
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Employee Running another enterprise
Student Unemployed and available to labour market
No gainful activity and notavailable to labour market
EU Females EU Males
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EducationEducationJudgement of profitabilityJudgement of profitability
Judgement of profitability (%)
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10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Very good Good Barely sufficient Poor
EU Primary and lower secondary education - levels 1-2 (ISCED 1997) EU Upper secondary education - level 3 (ISCED 1997)
EU Post-secondary non-tertiary education - level 4 (ISCED 1997) EU Tertiary education - levels 5-6 (ISCED 1997)
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Employee size class at Employee size class at enterprise birthenterprise birth
Expected development - Expected development - increaseincrease
Expected development of business activity by ISC - FOBS1 (%)
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10
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Increase of turnover
Increase of number of employees
Increase of variety of goods and services for sale
Increase of profitability
EU Zero EU Between 1 and 9 EU 10 or more
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ConclusionsConclusions
Successful projectSuccessful project Further analysis of resultsFurther analysis of results
Aggregated dataset at EurostatAggregated dataset at Eurostat Microdata analysis ? …possibly using Microdata analysis ? …possibly using
clustering technique ?clustering technique ? What next?What next?
Possible follow-up projectPossible follow-up project More focus on particular subjectsMore focus on particular subjects Inclusion of entrepreneurship indicatorsInclusion of entrepreneurship indicators
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Thank you!Thank you!