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methods, notes and classification Importance of motivation factors for international sourcing by enterprises currently planning to engage in international sourcing by economic activity (figures and %) - collection round 2007 - experimental statistics methods, notes and classification

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    • Economical indicator for structural business statistics
      • 0 Enterprises - number
      • 1 Enterprises - percentage
    • Level of importance
      • 0 None
      • 1 Some
      • 2 High
      • 3 Unknown
    • Reason
      • 0 Access to new markets
      • 1 Reduction of labour costs
      • 2 Reduction of other costs than labour costs
      • 3 Following the behaviour/example of competitors/clients
      • 4 Improved quality or introduction of new products
      • 5 Strategic decisions taken by the group head
      • 6 Focus on core business
      • 7 Access to specialized knowledge/technologies
      • 8 Tax or other financial incentives
      • 9 Other motivations
    • Enterprise
      • 0 Enterprises with domestic sourcing
      • 1 Enterprises with no current international sourcing but with future plans to do so
    • Classification of economic activities - NACE Rev.1.1
      • 0 Business economy - Industry and services (except financial intermediation)
      • 1 Services related to 'International Sourcing Statistics'' (C, E, F, G, H, I, K)
      • 2 Mining and quarrying
      • 3 Manufacturing
      • 4 Electricity, gas and water supply
      • 5 Construction
      • 6 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods
      • 7 Hotels and restaurants
      • 8 Transport, storage and communication
      • 9 Financial intermediation
      • a Real estate, renting and business activities
      • b High and medium high-technology manufacturing (DG, DK, DL, DM34, DM35.2, DM35.3, DM35.4, DM35.5)
      • c Low and medium low-technology manufacturing (DA to DF, DH to DJ, DM35.1 and DN)
      • d Knowledge-intensive business services related to 'International Sourcing Statistics' (I64.2, K72, K73, K74.1 to K74.4)
    • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
      • 0 European Union (aggregate changing according to the context)
      • 1 Czechia
      • 2 Denmark
      • 3 Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG)
      • 4 Spain
      • 5 Italy
      • 6 Netherlands
      • 7 Portugal
      • 8 Slovenia
      • 9 Finland
      • a Sweden
      • b Norway
      • c United Kingdom