About IBR
Grant Thornton International started a major annual research survey into the attitudes and expectations of small and medium-sized businesses in 1992 called the European Business Survey (EBS). In 2003 the research project was widened to an international perspective covering medium-sized businesses and renamed the International Business Owners Survey (IBOS). In 2007, the name of the survey changed from IBOS to the International Business Report (IBR).
In 2008 the IBR covers over 7,800 privately held businesses in 34 economies, drawing on 16 years of trend data for original EBS participants and 6 years for original IBOS countries. New entrants this year are Belgium, Denmark and Vietnam taking the global GDP coverage to 83 per cent.
Participating Economies
Detailed below are the 34 participating economies in IBR 2008:
| Americas | Asia Pacific | Europe, Middle East and Africa |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Australia | Armenia |
| Brazil | China | Belgium |
| Canada | Hong Kong | Botswana |
| Mexico | India | Denmark |
| United States | Japan | France |
| Malaysia | Germany | |
| New Zealand | Greece | |
| Philippines | Ireland | |
| Singapore | Italy | |
| Taiwan | Luxembourg | |
| Thailand | Netherlands | |
| Vietnam | Poland | |
| Russia | ||
| South Africa | ||
| Spain | ||
| Sweden | ||
| Turkey | ||
| United Kingdom |
Target respondent
IBR surveys medium to large privately held businesses. Business sizes are defined by government descriptions in terms of number of employees, for example a medium to large sized business in the European U would typically have between 50-499 employees.
Coverage
IBR 2008 will deliver a series of press releases and reports based on specific business issues, some of which are detailed below:January 2008 - Business optimism
February 2008 - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
March 2008 - Business contraints
April 2008 - Recruitment and retention
April 2008 - Business langauges
May 2008 - Emerging markets
June 2008 - Global Report
For more information on the IBR 2008 methodology, please click here.
Contact us
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