Publications & documents

Panorama de l'entrepreneuriat 2017

Production : sources et définitions

Pratiques méthodologiques nationales pour chaque pays de l'OCDE disponibles en ligne. Mise à jour en temps réel.

Commandes : Sources et définitions

Pratiques méthodologiques nationales pour chaque pays de l'OCDE disponibles en ligne. Mise à jour en temps réel.

The OECD ORBIS database: responding to the need for firm-level micro-data in the OECD

Statistics Working Paper N. 30 - 2010/1 - Firm-level micro-data have become increasingly important in OECD activities not only for econometric analysis that captures heterogeneity across enterprises but also in order to conduct different and more detailed types of data aggregation (e.g. by geographical unit, firm size, industry). This paper describes the development of the OECD ORBIS micro database. This database includes more than

Statistiques sur la démographie des entreprises

La base de données de l'OCDE sur la démographie des entreprises fournit des informations telles que les taux de création, de défaillance et de survie des entreprises ainsi que les taux d'entreprises à forte croissance pour la plupart des pays de l'OCDE. Les indicateurs sont ventilés en utilisant la Classification Internationale Type par Industrie (CITI, Révision 3), et pour certains d'entre eux par classe de taille d'emploi.

Eurostat-OECD Manual on Business Demography Statistics

Demand for statistics on business demography has grown and developed considerably in recent years. This joint manual reflects these growing needs and developments and the agreement between Eurostat and the OECD for a common methodological framework for business demography statistics that maximises their international comparability and relevance, recognising and addressing the different conditions and legal frameworks that govern the

Defining Entrepreneurial Activity: Definitions Supporting Frameworks for Data Collection

Statistics Working Paper N. 23 - 2008/1 - This paper sets out definitions of the entrepreneur, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial activity for the purpose of supporting the development of related indicators. The paper recognises the long history in this area and the contention and differences that have existed, and that continue to exist, between academics who have confronted this issue over the last two centuries. It deliberately

A Framework for Addressing and Measuring Entrepreneurship

Statistics Working Paper N. 24 - 2008/2 - In recent years entrepreneurship has become a buzzword that‘s entered the mainstream. Politicians continuously cite its importance and the need to create more entrepreneurial societies, and newspapers and television programmes frequently create themes around successful entrepreneurs. But, the pursuit and development of policies related to entrepreneurship are often hampered by the limited,

The international comparability of business start-up rates

Statistics working paper N. 19 - 2006/4 - This paper is designed to make available in a timely fashion and to a wider readership selected studies prepared by the staff in the Secretariat or by outside consultants working on OECD projects. The papers included are of a technical, methodological or statistical policy nature and relate to statistical work relevant to the organisation.

A proposed framework for business demography statistics

Statistics Working Paper N. 18 - 2006/3. The creation of new businesses and the decline of unproductive ones are often regarded key to business dynamism in OECD economies. Understanding business behaviour, creative destruction and identifying successful and failing businesses, as well as fostering entrepreneurship and innovation, have become increasingly important objectives for policy makers in many OECD economies in recent years.