Flash Eurobarometer 486 (SMEs, Start-ups, Scale-ups and Entrepreneurship)

SMEs, start-ups, scale-ups and entrepreneurship.<br>Topics: growth of the company since 2016 with regard to: number of full-time equivalent employees, turnover; planned growth of the company (in percent) with regard to: number of full-time equivalent employees, turnover; attitude towards the following statements with regard to growth in employment or turnover: existence of a strategic plan, plans to grow as a result of introducing some kind of innovation, plans to grow as a result of operating in growing markets, plans to grow as a result of entering new markets, plans to grow as a result of increased digitalisation in the enterprise, plans to grow in the own country, plans to grow in EU countries, plans to grow in other non-EU countries; current situation of the company: no intention to grow beyond current size, lack of employees with skills or expertise needed to grow, no financial resources to grow, decreasing demand for the enterprise´s products or services or the market is saturated, additional regulatory or administrative burdens and requirements would be too high for the enterprise to grow, enterprise does not want to grow because it would lose benefits linked to its SME status, current location of the enterprise does not allow to grow and it is not wished to relocate elsewhere, enterprise relies on a few clients which are unlikely to increase their demand, other; location of the company: large town or city, small town or village, rural area, industrial area, near a border with an EU country, near a border with a non-EU country; applicable statements with regard to the own company: mainly provides goods, mainly provides services, sells goods online to buyers in EU countries, is member of an industry cluster or another SME business support organisation in the region, is part of a global value chain, has a patent or a patent application, is a non-profit enterprise, has a strategy or action plan to digitalise, other, none; probability for the company to obtain external financing in case of need; international markets to which the enterprise did export goods or services in 2019: enterprise only operates in the own country, EU countries, other European countries outside of the EU (incl. Russia), North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, China, Rest of Asia and the Pacific, Middle East and Africa; percentage of the company´s total turnover in 2019 that was accounted for by exports of goods and services to countries outside of the EU; assessment of the business environment with regard to: strength and performance of regional business environment, access to private and public finance, quality of support services provided by private and public actors, access to and collaboration with business partners, availability of staff with the right skills, availability of support to help enterprises become more sustainable, legal and administrative environment, infrastructure for businesses; most important problems for the company; key problems; introduction in the last twelve months of: new or significantly improved products or services, new or significantly improved production processes, new organisational methods, new way of selling goods or services, innovation with environmental benefit, social innovations, other type of innovation, none; most important barriers to innovation in the own country; most important barriers to digitalisation in the enterprise; company’s approach to digital technologies: adopted or is planning to adopt basic digital technologies (e.g. email or a website), willing to introduce advanced digital technologies but lacks knowledge or skills or financing to adopt them, willing to introduce advanced digital technologies and enterprise is currently considering which of them to adopt, willing to introduce advanced digital technologies and enterprise has already started to adopt them, enterprise does not need to adopt any digital technologies, other, none; already adopted digital technologies: artificial intelligence, cloud computing, robotics, smart devices, big data analytics, high speed infrastructure, blockchain, other; measures taken with regard to environmental and social sustainability: recycling or reusing materials, reducing consumption of or impact on natural resources, saving energy or switching to sustainable energy sources, developing sustainable products or services, improving working conditions of employees, promoting and improving diversity and equality in the workplace, evaluating the impact of the enterprise on society, engaging employees in the governance of the enterprise, none; existence of a strategy or action plan with regard to becoming a sustainable enterprise; obstacles preventing the enterprise from becoming sustainable.

Demography: information about the company: number of employees, company size, year of company establishment; total turnover in 2019; ownership of the company; position of respondent at the company.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; NACE-Code; date of interview; nation group; weighting factor.

本数据集围绕中小企业（SMEs）、初创企业、成长型企业及创业活动展开，具体调研主题包括：2016年以来的企业增长情况，涉及维度为全职等效员工数量、企业营业额；企业计划增长情况（以百分比计），涉及维度为全职等效员工数量、企业营业额；针对就业或营业额增长，受访者对以下表述的态度：是否存在战略规划、通过引入各类创新实现增长的规划、依托在增长型市场中经营实现增长的规划、通过进入新市场实现增长的规划、依托企业内部数字化（digitalisation）升级实现增长的规划、在本国境内实现增长的规划、在欧盟成员国境内实现增长的规划、在其他非欧盟成员国境内实现增长的规划；企业当前现状：无扩大至当前规模之外的增长意愿、缺乏增长所需技能或专业素养的员工、无支撑增长的财务资源、企业产品或服务的需求持续下滑或市场饱和、额外的监管或行政负担与要求对企业而言过高以致无法支撑增长、企业不愿增长以免丧失与中小企业身份挂钩的福利、企业当前选址无法支撑增长且无意迁移至其他地点、企业依赖少数客户且这些客户不太可能增加采购量、其他；企业所在地类型：大型城镇或城市、小型城镇或乡村、农村地区、工业园区、毗邻欧盟成员国边境、毗邻非欧盟成员国边境；适配本企业的经营表述：主要提供商品、主要提供服务、向欧盟成员国境内买家在线销售商品、为本地区产业集群或其他中小企业商业支持组织的成员、隶属于全球价值链（global value chain）、拥有专利或已提交专利申请、为非营利性企业、制定了数字化转型战略或行动计划、其他、无适配表述；企业在有需求时获取外部融资的可能性；2019年企业出口商品或服务所覆盖的国际市场：仅在本国运营、欧盟成员国、欧盟以外的其他欧洲国家（含俄罗斯）、北美、拉丁美洲与加勒比地区、中国、亚太其他地区、中东与非洲；2019年企业向欧盟以外国家出口商品与服务的营收占总营业额的比例；对商业环境的评估，涉及维度为区域商业环境的实力与表现、私人与公共融资渠道的可获得性、私人及公共机构提供的支持服务质量、商业伙伴的获取与协作、具备合适技能的员工可获得性、助力企业提升可持续性的支持可获得性、法律与行政环境、企业基础设施；企业面临的最主要问题、核心问题；过去12个月内引入的创新类型：全新或显著改进的产品/服务、全新或显著改进的生产流程、新型组织管理方法、全新的商品或服务销售模式、具备环境效益的创新、社会创新、其他类型创新、未引入任何创新；本国范围内阻碍创新的最主要因素；企业内部阻碍数字化转型的最主要因素；企业在数字技术方面的举措：已采用或计划采用基础数字技术（如电子邮件或官网）、愿意引入先进数字技术但缺乏相关知识、技能或融资支持、愿意引入先进数字技术且目前正在考量具体采用哪些技术、愿意引入先进数字技术且已启动相关采用工作、企业无需采用任何数字技术、其他、无相关举措；企业已采用的数字技术：人工智能（artificial intelligence）、云计算（cloud computing）、机器人技术、智能设备、大数据分析、高速基础设施、区块链（blockchain）、其他；企业在环境与社会可持续性方面采取的措施：物料回收与再利用、减少自然资源消耗或降低其影响、节约能源或转向可持续能源、开发可持续性产品或服务、改善员工工作条件、推动并提升职场多样性与平等性、评估企业对社会的影响、让员工参与企业治理、未采取任何相关措施；企业是否制定了向可持续型企业转型的战略或行动计划；阻碍企业实现可持续发展的障碍。

人口统计相关字段包括：企业基础信息，即员工数量、企业规模、企业成立年份；2019年总营业额；企业所有权结构；受访者在企业中的职位。

此外还编码了以下附加信息：受访者ID、所在国家、NACE分类编码（NACE-Code）、访谈日期、国家组别、权重因子。