- Business Structure and Arrangements
- Business in Australia 2006-07, Survey Main Features
- Business Markets and Competition
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has recently released its third series of Business Characteristics Survey (BCS).
The BCS is an annual survey on the following topics: business structure, business performance, business use of information technology, business innovation, business finance, business markets and competition, and barriers to business activities or performance.
The ABS uses an economic statistics units model to describe the characteristics of businesses, and the structural relationships between related businesses.
The sample design for this survey covers collection of data based on a random sample of approximately 9,700 businesses using a mail out questionnaire. The sample was stratified by industry and an employment based size indicator.
According to ABS, all businesses on the ABS Business Register identified as having 200 or more employees were included in the sample. The reference period for most of the business characteristics items included in the 2006-07 BCS is the year ended 30 June 2007 with financial data relating to the most recent financial year ended on or before 30 September 2007.
We will present in the following series of pages of 8 parts summary information of the BCS.
The series are Business Structure and Arrangements, Business Markets and Competition, Business Finance, Business Use of Information Technology, Business Innovation and Barriers to Business Activities or Performance.
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