Key figures on European business

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Key figures on European business with a specíal feature on the recession This publication summarises the main features of European business and its different activities in a concise and simple manner. It consists of three main parts. The first chapter presents a special feature on the globai financial and economic crisis, looking at how the recession affected the EU's business economy. The second presents an overview of the EU's business economy based on structural business statistics (SBS). It provides details concerning the relatíve importance of the business economy and results from a number of SBS development projects, for example, statistics relating to business demography, or the role of foreign-controlled enterprises within the EU's business economy, before detailing patterns of specialisation and concentration. The third chapter presents a sectoral analysis looking in more detail at specific sectors within the EU's business economy on the basis of a comprehensive set of key... Tovább

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Key figures on European business with a specíal feature on the recession This publication summarises the main features of European business and its different activities in a concise and simple manner. It consists of three main parts. The first chapter presents a special feature on the globai financial and economic crisis, looking at how the recession affected the EU's business economy. The second presents an overview of the EU's business economy based on structural business statistics (SBS). It provides details concerning the relatíve importance of the business economy and results from a number of SBS development projects, for example, statistics relating to business demography, or the role of foreign-controlled enterprises within the EU's business economy, before detailing patterns of specialisation and concentration. The third chapter presents a sectoral analysis looking in more detail at specific sectors within the EU's business economy on the basis of a comprehensive set of key variables, describing monetary and employment characteristics, as well as a set of derived indicators, for example, productivity and profitability measures, alsó at a more detailed activity level, as well as by Member States. This publication presents only a small selection of the SBS data available. Readers who are interested in knowing more about SBS, who would like to download the latest publications free-of-charge, or who would like to access the most recent data, are encouraged to consult the structural business statistics dedicated section. Data codes presented as part of the source under each table/figure can be used within the search facility provided at the top of the data navigation tree on Eurostat's website to gain access to the freshest statistics available. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ europeanbusiness Vissza