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Background and objective

• The Sectoral e-Business Watch encourages researchers, academics and students to use the data of its e-Business Surveys (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007) for carrying out empirical studies on the economic impact of ICT and e-business in enterprises.
• Data have been gathered by means of representative surveys among decision-makers in European enterprises, based on computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI).
• The Sectoral e-Business Watch offers access to case level data from the following surveys:
  • The e-Business Survey of 2002 covered 9264 enterprises from the former EU-15 Member States and from 15 sectors of the economy (not all sectors in all countries, though).
  • The e-Business Survey of 2003 covered about 10,500 companies from 25 European countries and 11 sectors of the economy (not all sectors in all countries, though).
  • The e-Business Survey of 2005 covered about 5,200 companies from 7 EU Member States and 10 sectors of the economy.
  • The e-Business Survey of 2006 covers about 14,000 companies from all EU Member States, Candidate Countries and EEA states, from 10 sectors of the economy (not all sectors in all countries, though).
  • In 2007, four e-Business Surveys were conducted, each with a different questionnaire adapted to the specific sectors and topics:
    • Manufacturing Survey: a survey on the chemical, steel and furniture industries, with 2,121 interviews conducted in in 7 EU Member States and the USA.
    • Retail & logistics Survey with 2,248 interviews conducted in in 7 EU Member States and the USA.
    • A survey on RFID adoption in different sectors, with 434 interviews.
    • A survey on Intellectual Property protection in the ICT Sector, with 683 interviews.
  • In 2009, two ICT surveys were conducted in the following sectors:
    • Survey in the glass, ceramic and cement industries, with 676 interviews in 6 EU countries
    • Survey in the energy supply sector with 351 interviews in 6 EU countries.
• Data are stored and will be delivered in SPSS format, together with a manual containing methodology guidelines.
• More information about the surveys (questionnaire, methodology) is available at the website at www.ebusiness-watch.org/about/methodology.htm.

Contact

For further information about the call for papers, or to send a request for obtaining the statistical files with case level data, please contact:
Sectoral e-Business Watch
c/o empirica GmbH
attn. Mr. Stefan Lilischkis / Mr. Hannes Selhofer
Oxfordstr. 2, DE - 53111 Bonn, Germany

Tel: 0049.228.98530.0   *   Fax: 0049.228.98530.12

e-Mail: info at ebusiness-watch dot org  *  Internet: www.ebusiness-watch.org