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How to managestatistics
in a global world?
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Some History
Globalisation started in the 17th century
VOC: the first company to operate world wide.
The location of the Netherlands
on the Northsea; the river Rhine;
transit position to Germany.
Development of multinationals Philips and Royal Dutch Shell in the 20th century.
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Problems in statistics
Inconsistencies in different statistical sources
– The financial accounts of companies – Production statistics– International trade and services– Investment statistics
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Caused by
– No clear solutions within the SNA;– Many overlapping definitions;– Complexity in international company
constructions;
– Different departments within SN;– Different respondents within one company;– Detection problems.
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Complexity
In the paper “Globalisation and the effect on National Accounts” solutions to complex situations are described.
Distortions within one company may cause problems in the National Accounts as a whole.
These problems should be eliminated in the source statistics to avoid double effort.
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Detection; post active
The project Mothers & Daughters distiguishes “suspected” companies.
With the help of all statistical units involved (Taylor made) solutions are implemented.
Time consuming, but relevant;
Difficult to manage in the organisation.
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Detection; active
In the Netherlands:– > 214.000 company that pay company tax.– The top 1000 enterprises and their KAU’s
generate > 55% of total turnover.
This makes a waterproof coordination between source statistics essential.
Achievable by Congo.
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Congo
Means: – The will to solve the problem– Management– Manpower– Database– A central unit to handle large companies
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CONGO
Confronts:– 8 source statistics– 3 tax sources –15 key variables
Goal: preventing inconsistencies
and controlling globalisation in statistics.
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