OECDEurostat Manual on Business Demography OECD Entrepreneurship Indicators
OECD/Eurostat Manual on Business Demography OECD Entrepreneurship Indicators Steering Group Meeting Nadim Ahmad, Axel Behrens Istanbul 25 -26 June 2007
Indicators • Births and Deaths – Thresholds - All enterprises - Employer enterprises (with turnover) - (Economic) Enterprises with 2+ employees (with turnover) • Consistent treatment of ‘real’ births vis-a-vis reactivations, mergers, take-overs etc
Indicators • Survival Rates – 3 year survival and 5 year survival • An enterprise born in year xx or having survived to year xx from a previous year is considered to have survived in year xx+1 if it is active in terms of turnover and/or employment in any part of year xx+1 (= survival without changes). • Births and deaths follow the measures outlined earlier.
Indicators • Employment in newly born enterprises – Head counts on FTE basis during the period of activity. But, where not possible head counts are acceptable. • Impact of Deaths – Based on average employment during periods of activity in year of death.
Indicators • High Growth – All enterprises with average annualised growth greater than 20% per annum, over a three year period, and with 10 or more employees in the beginning of the observation period, should be considered as high-growth enterprises: measured by the number of employees and by turnover. • Gazelles – All enterprises up to 5 years old with average annualised growth greater than 20% per annum, over a three year period, and 10 or more employees in the beginning of the observation period, should be considered as gazelles.
Progress – Joint framework, reflecting excellent collaboration between OECD/Eurostat, nearing completion. – US returned data already, Canada before end of year, 15 EU countries signed-up, other non-EU OECD countries collaborating, expectations are for early 2008.
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