1. The French statistics on enterprise groups and the globalization
Raoul Depoutot, INSEE, FRANCE
Dominique Francoz, INSEE, FRANCE
Présentation de l’enquête liaisons financières qui permet :
de déterminer le périmètre des groupes d’entreprises
et par appariement avec les fichiers SUSE de savoir ce que font les groupes en France.

2. The economic context Restructuring of economic activity Globalization
Outsourcing

3. Outline of the presentation
The statistical system to observe enterprise groups
The economic use to follow up the globalization
The ongoing projects

4. The organization of information on enterprise groups

5. The survey on FInancial LInks (LIFI)
The target population :
Firms reaching one of the following criteria :
Total amount of equity interest > 1,2 M€
Number of employees > 500
Turnover > 30 M€
Head of an enterprise group
directly controlled by a foreign corporation

6. The survey on FInancial LInks (LIFI), cont’d
Information included in the questionnaire :
Identification characteristic of the surveyed firm
Information on the shareholders
Information on the affiliates or subsidiary of the firm

7. The survey on FInancial LInks (LIFI), cont’d
Variables included in the questionnaire :

8. The LIFI survey, cont’d Designing each group of enterprises
Statistical unit :
enterprise group
Definitions :
Enterprise group
Head of the group
Core of the enterprise group
Extended enterprise group
100 %
40 % S4 S1 S2 S3 S5
S12
S11
30 %
20%
80 %
Source : Insee Poitou-Charentes – Service statistique – Pôle national « Liaisons Financières »

9. The survey on FInancial LInks (LIFI), cont’d
Need to complete this information
Enlarge the target population
Have more information on foreign activity (foreign affiliates and foreign parent companies)
Add economic variables

10. The LIFI survey, cont’d :
France F2
Abroad F1 G1 E2 E3 ? F3
Dree
Diane
If F1 surveyed ? E1 F3 F2 F1 G2 G1
Trésor
Source : Insee Poitou-Charentes – Service statistique – Pôle national « Liaisons Financières »

11. DIANE To enlarge the target population
Private database edited by COFACE SCRL and BVD
Information published by the French corporation courts
Data on small firms

12. The DREE survey To better cover the affiliates abroad
Survey on French affiliates followed up by the commercial offices in the French Embassies
To have information on the ultimate host
To have economic information on the French affiliates abroad (turnover, employees)

13. The Treasury Board information
To better cover the foreign parent companies
Administrative information
To have information on the ultimate beneficial owner
To better attribute a citizenship to the firms under foreign control

14. The SUSE data To include economic data
Result of both administrative and survey data
At the level of legal units
Available :
Income statement
Balance sheet
Main activity code
Breakdown of sales by product
Workforce characteristics

15. Some results …

16. The use of the LIFI data in the economic analysis of globalization
The weight of foreign firms in the economic activity

17. Breakdown of resident corporations (France – 2002)

18. Development of the foreign controlled economy

19. The use of the LIFI data in the economic analysis of globalization
The weight of foreign firms in the economic activity
Globalization and outsourcing of French activity

20. The use of the LIFI data in the economic analysis of globalization
RoW
France
Indep.
100% Fr
EGs
3.5
Foreign
Millions of Employees

21. The current and future developments
To consider enterprise groups as statistical units
To define economic entities in the frame of group which will be the collection units (profiling)
To develop a statistical register of EGs
To produce consolidated economic data on EGs
To integrate the EG as a data collection unit

22. The current and future developments, cont’d
To develop a statistical register of EGs
To define the continuity of EGs
Develop relevant concepts for EGs demography
Analyze the result of mergers / split off
To coordinate with other French statistical offices
To improve the registration of foreign corporation (abroad)

23. The current and future developments, cont’d
To produce consolidated economic data on EGs
To avoid double counts on some variables (Financial assets, sales)

24. The current and future developments, cont’d
2500
6000
200
1500
300 S3 S1
500
S2b
250
150
Consolidation of sales:    S2
= Economic flow

25. The current and future developments, cont’d
To produce consolidated economic data on EGs
To avoid double counts on some variables (Financial assets, sales)
To have a better information of the international activity of MNEs

26. To produce consolidated economic data on EGs : an example

27. The current and future developments, cont’d
To produce consolidated economic data on EGs : some difficulties
Not compatible with the national territory
No currently available for many EGS
National sub-consolidation expansive

28. The current and future developments, cont’d
To integrate the EG as a data collection unit
A first experience : the survey on intangible assets (R&D and innovation, patents and licensing, marketing)

29. Thank you for your attention
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