Business Tendency Surveys [electronic resource]: A Handbook /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,publisher.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2003.
This handbook is a practical manual on the design and implementation of business tendency surveys, which ask company managers about the current situation of their business and about their plans and expectations for the future.  In this book, the OECD draws on over 20 years of experience to provide, together with the European Commission, a set of harmonised business tendency surveys to collect qualitative information including economic analysis and forecasting from business managers in the manufacturing, construction, trade and service sectors.
Preliminaries; FOREWORD; CONTENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN; 3 SAMPLE SELECTION; 4 RELIABILITY OF BUSINESS TENDENCY SURVEYS; 5 PROCESSING THE RESULTS; 6 PUBLICATION OF RESULTS; 7 USE OF RESULTS; 8 HARMONISED SYSTEM OF BUSINESS TENDENCY SURVEYS; ANNEX A HARMONIZED QUESTIONNAIRES AND RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES; ANNEX B EXAMPLES OF QUESTIONNAIRES USED IN BUSINESS TENDENCY SURVEYS; ANNEX C EXAMPLES OF PRESS RELEASES; ANNEX D SELECTION OF INSTITUTES CONDUCTING BUSINESS TENDENCY SURVEYS; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY
Also published in French under title: Manuel sur les enquêtes conjoncturelles.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-127).
This handbook is a practical manual on the design and implementation of business tendency surveys, which ask company managers about the current situation of their business and about their plans and expectations for the future.  In this book, the OECD draws on over 20 years of experience to provide, together with the European Commission, a set of harmonised business tendency surveys to collect qualitative information including economic analysis and forecasting from business managers in the manufacturing, construction, trade and service sectors.
Economic history
Business.
Economic surveys.