IWH FDI Micro Database - Survey of multinational affiliates in East Germany and selected Transition Economies (2012)

Expectations for future employment, turnover, exports, and investment of East German companies.

Topics: Number of employees (size of company); expectation on the development of the number of employees in 2013; expectation on the development of total turnover between 2012 and 2013; expectations on development of share of exports in total sales between 2012 und 2013; enterprise invested in East Germany in 2013 or plans to undertake any invesment in East-Germany; share of total investment directed at expansion; expectation on development of company´s investment between 2012 and 2013; expenditures for R&D performed within the enterprise 2010-2012; expectation on R&D expenditure between 2012 and 2013; share of employees currently working in the area of R&D; expectaion on R&D employment between 2012 and 2013; implementation of new or significantly improved products during the last 3 years; plan on introducing any new or improved products from 2013 to 2015; share of product innovations implemented on total turnover 2011; expectation on share of product innovation between 2012 and 2013.

Additionally coded was: ID; region of company in East-Germany; type of investor; sector of company.