Motivation factors for international sourcing by economic activity (2009-2011) - experimental statistics
methods, notes and classification
- Unit of measure
- Economical indicator for structural business statistics
- Level of importance
- Reason
- 0 Access to new markets
- 1 Reduction of labour costs
- 2 Reduction of other costs than labour costs
- 3 Improved quality or introduction of new products
- 4 Strategic decisions taken by the group head
- 5 Focus on core business
- 6 Access to specialized knowledge/technologies
- 7 Lack of qualified labour
- 8 Reduced delivery times
- 9 Less regulation affecting the enterprise, e.g. less environmental regulation
- Classification of economic activities - NACE Rev.2
- 0 Total - all NACE activities
- 1 Industry (except construction)
- 2 High and medium high-technology manufacturing
- 3 Low and medium low-technology manufacturing
- 4 Construction, services of the business economy except financial and insurance activities
- 5 Knowledge-intensive market services
- 6 Construction, services of the business economy except knowledge-intensive market services, financial and insurance activities
- Geopolitical entity (reporting)
- 0 Belgium
- 1 Bulgaria
- 2 Denmark
- 3 Estonia
- 4 Ireland
- 5 France
- 6 Latvia
- 7 Lithuania
- 8 Netherlands
- 9 Portugal
- a Romania
- b Slovakia
- c Finland
- d Sweden
- e Norway