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00 Legal or administrative01 Tax barriers02 Language and culture03 Tariffs and other trade barriers04 Concerns of employees (including trade unions)05 Distance to existing clients06 Difficulty in identifying suitable providers abroad07 Concerns of the sourcing operation exceeding expected benefits08 Financial barriers09 Uncertainty of the quality of the products/services to be supplied abroad0a Lack of management resources and know-how0b Missing documentation of own products and processes0 Total1 Function is sourced domestically2 Function is sourced internationally3 Function is not sourced000 Total - all NACE activities001 Industry (except construction)002 High and medium high-technology manufacturing003 Low and medium low-technology manufacturing004 Construction, services of the business economy except financial and insurance activities005 Knowledge-intensive market services006 Construction, services of the business economy except knowledge-intensive market services, financial and insurance activities000 Belgium001 Bulgaria002 Denmark003 Estonia004 Ireland005 France006 Latvia007 Lithuania008 Netherlands009 Portugal00a Romania00b Slovakia00c Finland00d Sweden00e Norway
Barriers considered for international sourcing by sourcing status and economic activity (2009-2011) - experimental statistics
methods, notes and classification
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