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1The 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
8 Accession Countries (ACs)
from this 3 OECD members
2 Candidate
Countries (CCs)
5 other Eastern European
countries
12 CIS countries
2Availability 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
3Comparability 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-entrepreneurs
hip /Employment
Wages/
4Impact on SME indicators On enterprise
density On entrepreneurial dynamism On
average enterprise size On employment
share On other measures of entrepreneurship
5More careful use of the data 1/ in
presentation 2/ in interpretation
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?
6Recommendations 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