Survey on global value chains for the small and medium-sized enterprises 2016
GVC-SME 2016
GVC-SME 2016
Traitement statistique
Frequency of data collection
Punctual or aperiodic
Data collection
Data are collected from september 2017 to january 2018. It’s a web survey, however
companies had the possibility to answer on a paper questionnaire on demand.
The geographical reference area covers the whole of France: metropolitan France and
overseas departments (DOM).
Data collection period
From september 2017 to january 2018
Collection mode
- By post mail
- By Internet
Survey unit
Legal unit
Sampling method
The sampling base is the Sirus register (Identification system for the Statistical Units in the Register).
The sample is stratified by business sector, size, unit type (independant firm or group), and by export turnover. All multinational groups are surveyed (about 2,000 units).
There are about 15,000 enterprises in the scope, 10,000 enterprises are surveyed.
Sample size
10,000