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ORGANISATION DE COOPÉRATION ET DE DEVELOPMENT ÉCONOMIQUES OECD OCDE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT An inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD Workshop on improving statistics on SME’s and Entrepreneurship OECD, 17-19 September 3003 Morvarid BAGHERZADEH STATISTICS DIRECTORATE TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS SECTION 1 An inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD • What is available at the OECD: – the SEC database • A first Inventory of information on SMEs: – definitions • Future needs – taking stock of existing information on SMEs STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 2 SEC: the database The Statistics on Enterprises by sizeClass (SEC) database: Data (Business statistics by size class) + Interface STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 3 SEC: the data coverage • The SEC database contains: – Business statistics classified in ISIC rev. 2 and rev. 3 – for OECD countries – by employment size class STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 4 SEC: the data coverage Country_name AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BELGIUM CANADA CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE HUNGARY ICELAND IRELAND ITALY JAPAN KOREA, REPUBLIC OF LUXEMBOURG MEXICO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL SLOVAK REPUBLIC SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS First year Last Year 1997 2000 1990 2000 1990 1998 1992 1998 1995 1999 1986 1999 1990 1997 1993 1999 1992 1997 1993 1998 1994 1997 1991 1996 1993 1998 1990 2000 1990 1999 1990 1997 1993 1997 1990 1998 1991 1999 1990 2000 1991 1996 1995 2000 1990 1997 1995 1999 1993 1997 1990 1999 1991 1998 1990 1996 1993 1997 1990 1999 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 5 SEC: the data coverage • In practice: – 20 variables – 15 years – 30 countries – 2 classifications – 70 size classes STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 6 SEC: the data coverage • Outstanding issues: – Different national activity classifications > Memorandum of understanding with Eurostat > Bilateral co-operation with countries – 70+ – overlapping – size-classes > SEC interface – Data availability - limited coverage of core and specific variables by size class > workshop and stocktaking exercise STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 7 SEC: the interface • Microsoft Excel based • Designed for the specificities of international structural statistics by size class STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 8 SEC: the interface Allows: • Database administration • Data validation and upload • Extractions tailored to user needs… – size class groups – country groupings STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 9 SEC: the interface Size class selection screen: STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 10 SEC: database …will STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS be released soon ! An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 11 An inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD • What is available at the OECD: – the SEC database • A first Inventory of information on SMEs: – definitions • Future needs – taking stock of existing information on SMEs STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 12 An Inventory of definitions: sources … • 18 replies to the SME Statistics Strategy questionnaire • Metadata available at the OECD • Papers presented at the workshop … late inputs will be used for the stocktaking exercise STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 13 An Inventory of definitions: SME … Australia Austria Canada Czech Republic Finland Germany Greece Hungary Japan Korea Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Slovak Republic Spain Switzerland Moldova STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS not provided X X X X X X X X X X X X X X no official X X X X X X X no official definition no official definition X X X X X X X X no official definition X X X X independence turnover/balanc e sheet/revenue Statistical definition number of employees/FTE independence turnover/balanc e sheet/revenue number of employees/FTE Administrative X X X X X no separate SME stats not provided X X X X X X no official X X X X X X X no separate X An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 14 An Inventory of definitions: Size groups … Australia Austria Canada Finland Greece Japan manuf Japan services Korea manuf Korea w. trade Netherlands New Zealand (Ntl Bank) New Zealand (Ctre for SME research) Norway Portugal Switzerland Moldova STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS employment employment turnover turnover employment turnover employment employment investment employment investment FT worker equity capital FT worker turnover employees employees employees employees employment turnover FT worker employees turnover micro <5 <10 EUR 2M small medium 5< <20 20< <200 10< <49 50< <249 EUR 10M EUR 50M CAD 500k <250 EUR 40M large 200< 250< EUR 50M 50< 0< <5 0< <5 <300 <YEN 300M <100 <YEN 50M <300 <WON 8B <50 <WON 5B 0< <10 10< <100 6< <20 21< <50 6< <49 50< <99 100< 50< 100< <100 <500 <EUR 40M <250 <50 <LEI 10M An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 15 A dm in i s Ty u tra pe ni tiv of t e ac t u En ni ivit y te t rp r K in ise d of ac t u Lo ni ivit y ca t lu ni t Es ta bl is hm Lo en ca t tio n Le ga l En u n te it gr rpr ou i s p e un it An Inventory of definitions: the reference unit … Australia Austria Canada Czech Republic Finland Germany Greece Hungary Japan Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Slovak Republic Spain Switzerland Moldova STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 16 An inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD • What is available at the OECD: – the SEC database • A first Inventory of information on SMEs: – definitions • Future needs – taking stock of existing information on SMEs STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 17 Stocktaking: some facts on SME statistics At the national level: • Diversity of definitions • Diversity of methods • Diversity of variables collected At the international level: • Insufficient knowledge of national diversities in SME statistics STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 18 Stocktaking: Objectives Better service policy makers : gather and share information on SME statistics Identify areas where harmonisation can be achieved Help build consensus on needs, feasibility and future developments STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD 19