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The international comparison
of the SME statistics of the CEECs
Availability of data
Comparability of data
Impact on SME indicators
More careful use of the data
Recommendations
CEECs Central and Eastern European Countries
UNECE: 27 CITs  European ’Countries in Transition’
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8 Accession Countries (ACs)
from this: 3 OECD members
2 Candidate Countries (CCs)
5 other Eastern European countries
12 CIS countries
Availability of data
National publications
Statistical yearbooks
SME reports
Working papers
International publications
UN ECE
ILO, UNCTAD, UNIDO, World Bank
OECD
European Commission
Observatory of European SMEs
/„First glance” 2002/
Eurostat publications
/DOSME, SBS, Scoreboards/
Regional publications
Comparability of data
Registered and active enterprises
The role of licensing, tax and other regulations
The non-observed economy
Criteria of activity
Inputed employment
Pluriactivity, hybrid entrepreneurs
Portfolio entrepreneurs
Full employment + business
Part time employment + business
Pensionars’ business
Pseudo-entrepreneurship
/Employment – Wages/
Impact on SME indicators
On enterprise density
On entrepreneurial dynamism
On average enterprise size
On employment share
On other measures of entrepreneurship
More careful use of the data
1/ in presentation
2/ in interpretation
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Registered or active enterprises
All enterprises or enterprises of the private sector
Data including or excluding agricultural activities
The SMEs’ share in total GDP/employment of the economy or the business sphere
Employment size-classes with or without correction based on the EU value indicators criteria
Enterprise group links? Independence?
Recommendations
More information on the available data
Facilitated access to data
More careful presentation of the data
More careful interpretation of the data
Surveys, studies on the impact of
pluriactivity, pseudo-entrepreneurship, country-specific regulations
Improved comparability
Bilateral comparative studies
Periodical syntheses