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Business Units and the Concept of International Orientation. Margreet van Brummelen Martin Luppes 21th Meeting of the Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers 24-27 november 2008, Paris. Content. Demand Side Some experiences Concept of International Orientation Practical Consequences
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Business Units and the Concept of International Orientation Margreet van Brummelen Martin Luppes 21th Meeting of the Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers 24-27 november 2008, Paris
Content • Demand Side • Some experiences • Concept of International Orientation • Practical Consequences • Perspective
Demand side • Growing demand determinants of globalisation • -views from single statistics • XT • FDI • FATS • Foreign ownership/control • -multidimensional studies difficult • Confronting statistics reveals inconsistencies • -problems in compiling statistics
Some Experiences • Economic Institute on Small and Medium Enterprises (EIM) • Export index of SME • Internationalisation Monitor • OECD Handbook of Economic Globalisation Indicators • Developing from basic to more advanced stratification
International orientation of enterprise • Intensity of international connectedness • in terms of the presence of trade (im/exports,goods/ services) the presence of investments (inward and outward) and the degree of influence and control across borders
Goal -Shared demographic backbone -Statistical frame (whole population) +binary indicators to express international orientation and identify relevant subpopulations
Developments Business Register • Current BR regulation • Ownership and control more or less integrated • Will be extended with the EGR • Link with external trade obligatory • Link with FDI, BOP optional
Practical aspects • Ownership and control in the BR-system • XT organised in satellite • FDI (link with bank population) • not yet connected on a structural bases • Name/address linking methods needed because there is no other shared identifier available
Perspective Start is made on ad hoc basis Full integration of the information in structural processes takes a while Dawning at the horizon: A complete demograhpic backbone ready for statistics incorporating international orientation: