Workshop on improving statistics on SMEs and Entrepreneurship

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An inventory of SME statistics and metadata in
the OECD
ORGANISATION DE COOPÉRATION ET DE DEVELOPMENT
ÉCONOMIQUES
ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND
DEVELOPMENT

• Workshop on improving statistics on SMEs and
  Entrepreneurship
• OECD, 17-19 September 3003

Morvarid BAGHERZADEH
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STATISTICS DIRECTORATE TRADE STRUCTURAL
ECONOMIC STATISTICS SECTION
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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

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SEC the database
The Statistics on Enterprises by size-Class (SEC)
database Data (Business statistics by size
class) Interface
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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

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SEC the data coverage
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SEC the data coverage

• In practice
• 20 variables
• 15 years
• 30 countries
• 2 classifications
• 70 size classes

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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

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SEC the interface

• Microsoft Excel based
• Designed for the specificities of international
  structural statistics by size class

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SEC the interface

• Allows
• Database administration
• Data validation and upload
• Extractions tailored to user needs
• size class groups
• country groupings

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SEC the interface

• Size class selection screen

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SEC database

• will be released soon !

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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

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An Inventory of definitionssources

• 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

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An Inventory of definitionsSME
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An Inventory of definitionsSize groups
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An Inventory of definitionsthe reference unit
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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

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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

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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