Study title

Status of the rationalization efforts of France´s medium-sized companies, their expansion efforts as well as their ability to adapt to the structural change of a growing economy. Topics: Attitude to government economic policy; judgement on economic development; size of company; management; product policy; planning; investment behavior; storekeeping; export development; productivity; machinery; office equipment; personnel and social matters; cooperation with other companies; profit development; expenditures for research and development; utilization of external consultants; existence of an organization plan; financing behavior and willingness to go into debt; openness to innovation; willingness to expand; taxation mentality; tax climate; attitude to the tax system, tax reduction, tax equity; relations between taxpayers and tax authorities; attitude to possibilities for legal and illegal tax saving; opinions on tax evasion and appropriate penalty; attitude to the government (sympathy scale), to competition and to the job of the entrepreneur; time worked each week; job satisfaction; professional further education; attitude to employment of women; achievement incentive or bonus system in the company; provision for old age; party preference; religiousness; social origins. Demography: age (classified); sex; school education; further education; occupation; professional position; professional career; regional origins.