methods, notes and classification Importance of barriers met for engaging in international sourcing of activities by sourcing status and economic activity (figures and %) - collection round 2007 - experimental statistics methods, notes and classification

    • Economical indicator for structural business statistics
      • 0 Enterprises - number
      • 1 Enterprises - percentage
    • Level of importance
      • 0 None
      • 1 Some
      • 2 High
      • 3 Unknown
    • Barriers
      • 0 Legal or administrative
      • 1 Tax barriers
      • 2 Language and culture
      • 3 Tariffs and other trade barriers
      • 4 Uncertainty of international standards
      • 5 Concerns of employees (including trade unions)
      • 6 Concern of violation of patents and/or intellectual property rights
      • 7 Conflicting with social values of your enterprise (e.g. corporate social responsibility issues)
      • 8 Distance to producers
      • 9 Distance to existing clients
      • a Difficulty in identifying suitable providers abroad
      • b Concerns of the sourcing operation exceeding expected benefits
      • c Other
    • Enterprise
      • 0 Total
      • 1 Enterprises with domestic sourcing
      • 2 Enterprises with international sourcing
      • 3 Enterprises with no current international sourcing but with future plans to do so
      • 4 Enterprises with no current international sourcing and no 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 Ireland
      • 5 Spain
      • 6 Italy
      • 7 Netherlands
      • 8 Portugal
      • 9 Slovenia
      • a Finland
      • b Sweden
      • c Norway
      • d United Kingdom