European business – facts and figures – data 1995-2005. 2006 edition

The new edition of European business - Facts and figures gives a comprehensive picture of the structure, development and characteristics of European business and its different activities: from energy and the extractive industries to communications, information services and media. It presents the latest available statistics from a wide selection of statistical sources describing, for each activity, production and employment, country specialisation and regional distribution, cost structures, productivity and profitability, the importance of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), external trade etc. The accompanying CD-ROM presents the paper publication in an easily accessible electronic format, including all the data, graphs and tables in Excel-format. It also contains more complete, detailed datasets on which the publication is based, a means of easily accessing the most up-to-date live data, as well as a large amount of background information.

Eurostat: News Release, No.19, 2007: European businesses seen through statistics http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-press-releases/-/4-08022007-AP

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