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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 4156 Cambridge Centre for Business Research SME Dataset, 1987-1995 415610.5255/UKDA-SN-4156-1 Kitson, M., University of Cambridge, Department of Applied Economics Keeble, D., University of Cambridge, Department of Geography Hughes, A., University of Cambridge, Faculty of Economics and Politics Wilkinson, F., University of Cambridge, Department of Applied Economics Moore, B., University of Cambridge, Department of Land Economy Cosh, A. D., University of Cambridge, Judge Institute of Management Copyright University of Cambridge. ESRC Centre for Business Research Rural Development CommissionEmployment DepartmentEducation ServicesEconomic and Social Research CouncilCommission of the European Communities (DGXIII)Barclays Bank UK Data Service 16 October 2000 ADVICEBUSINESS FORMATIONBUSINESSESCAPITALCOOPERATIONECONOMIC COMPETITIONECONOMIC CONDITIONSEXPENDITUREEXPORTS AND IMPORTSFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL RESOURCESINDUSTRIESINFORMATION SOURCESINNOVATION BEHAVIOURCOMMERCIAL INNOVATIONINTEREST (FINANCE)LABOUR FORCEMANAGEMENT OPERATIONSMERGERSOBJECTIVESORGANIZATIONSPARTNERSHIPS (BUSINESS)PERFORMANCEPRODUCTSPROFITSRECRUITMENTRESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTSERVICE INDUSTRIESSHARESSMALL BUSINESSESTECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONTOP MANAGEMENTTRADETRADE ASSOCIATIONSTRAININGTURNOVER Economic systems and developmentBusiness/industrial management and organisation Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The research programme had five objectives: to draw upon and develop recent theoretical contributions to the study of industrial organisation, firm behaviour and organisational change in a way which enabled them to be applied to the study of small firm creation, growth and development; to employ this framework to analyse empirically the determinants and constraints upon small business birth, growth and survival in a range of industries including hi-tech sectors, knitwear, printing and publishing; to employ the theoretical framework to analyse empirically the role of interfirm relationships and industrial districts in small firm creation, growth and development; to provide a detailed empirical analysis of the role of acquisition activity in the growth of small firms; to use the results of the theoretical and empirical research programme to evaluate policy proposals at a local, national and European level on a range of issues affecting the creation and growth of small firms. The methodology included econometric and case study analysis. Individual projects were conducted against a background analysis derived from a national postal survey of 2000 businesses and official statistics on the small business sector. The aim of the study was to create a longitudinal panel of small to medium enterprise (SME) data relating to a wide range of non-financial and attitudinal characteristics, and also including a limited number of financial variables not normally available in modified company accounts, from the national postal survey mentioned above. The initial survey was conducted in 1991 (covering 1987-1990). A first recall survey of the same population took place in 1993, and a second in 1995. The initial deposit of this study included only the results of the first survey. For the second edition of February 2002, the data and documentation were updated to include the 1993 and 1995 recall surveys.Main Topics: This dataset consists of two data files, sbe.por and cbr321.por. The first file, sbe.por, contains the responses to a 1991 survey of over 2000 independent small and medium-sized businesses in the manufacturing and business services sectors in England, Scotland and Wales. The questionnaire covered the years 1987-1990, and included topics on the role of independent small businesses, where respondents were asked their views on the roles of such businesses in economic activity and the challenges involved in running them; general characteristics of the business, where the questions were related to the history, ownership and character of the business as well as questions about the chief executive/partner/sole proprietor; commercial activity and competitive situation where the respondent was asked about the key characteristics of the business in terms of its suppliers, customers and competitive situation. Other sections covered: workforce and training (employment figures, recruiting difficulties and whether training was provided); factors affecting expansion and efficiency (designed to help with the understanding of principal factors which affect the rate of development of the business and the use of and access to business advice); technology and innovation (questions on the role of technological change and innovation in the development of the business); acquisition activity (intended to explore the role of acquisition and takeovers in the development of the business; and finance (designed to obtain some basic financial information about the profitability and sources of finance available to the business and the cost of borrowings. The second file, cbr321.por, contains data from 893 firms from the 1991 survey, along with their responses to two recall surveys conducted in 1993 and 1995. To be included in this data file, firms had to respond to the surveys in both 1991 and 1995. The two files should not be used together as one partially duplicates the other. The first recall survey (1993) consisted of a very brief questionnaire, which focused on finance characteristics but also included a few brief questions on general business characteristics and total employment. The second recall survey (1995) had a particular emphasis on innovation and innovation-related expenditure, but also included questions on the same topics as the first survey. A brief faxed questionnaire was sent to those firms unable to complete the full 1995 questionnaire, which included innovation and finance questions. Great Britain Institutions/organisationsNationalBusiness The original sample for the 1991 survey consisted of independent SMEs in Great Britain with less than 500 employees. Numeric Longitudinal/panel/cohortTwo follow-up surveys were conducted in 1993 and 1995 with respondents to the 1991 survey. One-stage stratified or systematic random sample Postal surveyfaxed short questionnaire sent to those respondents who could not complete the full 1995 questionnaire. The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you. See <restrctn> (1992) The State of British enterprise :: growth, innovation and competitive advantage in small and medium-sized firms, Cambridge: Small Business Research Centre.ISBN 0906251109 | 9780906251102 The State of British enterprise : Hughes, A. and Wood, E. (1999) Rethinking Innovation Comparisons between Manufacturing and Services:: The Experience of the CBR SME Surveys in the UK, [Working paper].Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. Rethinking Innovation Comparisons between Manufacturing and Services: Hughes, A. (1998) Growth constraints on small and medium sized firms, [Working paper].Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. Growth constraints on small and medium sized firms Wood, E., Hughes, A. and Cosh, A. (1998) Longitudinal aspects of innovation surveys:: the CBR experience, [Working paper].Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. Longitudinal aspects of innovation surveys: Kitson, M. and Wilkinson, F. (1996) 'Workforce and Skill Compositions' in A. Hughes and A. Cosh (eds.), , Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. ISBN0906251125 | 9780906251126 Workforce and Skill Compositions Duncan, J., Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (1996) 'Survival, Size, Age and Employment Growth' in A. Hughes and A. Cosh (eds.), , Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. ISBN0906251125 | 9780906251126 Survival, Size, Age and Employment Growth Storey, D. and Hughes, A. (1994) Finance and the small firm, London: Routledge.ISBN 0415100364 | 9780415100366 Finance and the small firm Hughes, A. and Cosh, A. (1994) 'Size, financial structure and profitability:: UK companies in the 1980s' in D. Storey and A. Hughes (eds.), , London: Routledge. ISBN0415100364 | 9780415100366 Size, financial structure and profitability: Keeble, D. (1993) 'Small firm creation, innovation and growth and the urban-rural shift' in D. Storey and J. Curran (eds.), , London: Routledge, 54-78. ISBN0415100372 | 9780415100373 Small firm creation, innovation and growth and the urban-rural shift Hughes, A., Wood, E. and Cosh, A. (1996) 'Innovation: Scale, Objectives, and Constraints' in A. Cosh and A. Hughes (eds.), , Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. ISBN0906251125 | 9780906251126 Innovation: Scale, Objectives, and Constraints Keeble, D. (1996) 'CEOs, Management Structure, Growth Objectives and Constraints' in A. Hughes and A. Cosh (eds.), , Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. ISBN0906251125 | 9780906251126 CEOs, Management Structure, Growth Objectives and Constraints Bullock, A., Duncan, J. and Wood, E. (1996) 'Financing Innovation' , Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. ISBN0906251125 | 9780906251126 Financing Innovation Hughes, A. and Cosh, A. (1994) 'Acquisition activity in the small business sector' in D. Storey and A. Hughes (eds.), , London: Routledge. ISBN0415100364 | 9780415100366 Acquisition activity in the small business sector Bryson, J. and Keeble, D. (1996) 'Small firm creation and growth, regional development and the North-South divide in Britain', Environment and Planning A, 909-934 Small firm creation and growth, regional development and the North-South divide in Britain Keeble, D., Wood, E. and Bryson, J. (1997) 'The Creation and Growth of Small Business Service Firms in Post-Industrial Britain', Small Business Economics, 345-360 The Creation and Growth of Small Business Service Firms in Post-Industrial Britain Hughes, A. (1997) 'Finance for SMEs: a U.K. perspective', Small Business Economics, 151-168 Finance for SMEs: a U.K. perspective Moore, B. (1994) 'Financial constraints to the growth and development of small high-technology firms' in A. Hughes and D. Storey (eds.), , London: Routledge. ISBN0415100364 | 9780415100366 Financial constraints to the growth and development of small high-technology firms Hughes, A., Cosh, A. and Wood, E. (1996) 'Profitability and Finance in UK SMEs' in A. Cosh and A. Hughes (eds.), , Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. ISBN0906251125 | 9780906251126 Profitability and Finance in UK SMEs Keeble, D. (1995) 'Regional influences and policy in new technology-based firm creation and growth' in R. Oakey (ed.), : Sage Publications. ISBN978-1853962745 Regional influences and policy in new technology-based firm creation and growth Vaessen, P. and Keeble, D. (1995) 'Growth-oriented SMEs in unfavourable regional environments', Regional Studies, 489-505 Growth-oriented SMEs in unfavourable regional environments Wilkinson, F. and Kitson, M. (1996) 'Markets, Competition and Collaboration' in A. Cosh and A. Hughes (eds.), , Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. ISBN0906251125 | 9780906251126 Markets, Competition and Collaboration Hughes, A. (1998) 'The 'problems' of finance for smaller businesses' in N. Dimsdale and M. Prevezer (eds.), , Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN0198287887 | 9780198287889 The 'problems' of finance for smaller businesses Cosh, A., Hughes, A. and Wood, E. (1999) 'Innovation in UK SMEs:: Causes and Consequences for Firm Failure and Acquisition' in C. Karlsson, B. Carlsson and Z. Acs (eds.), , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 329-366. ISBN0521621054 | 9780521621052 Innovation in UK SMEs: Moore, B. (1996) 'Sources of Innovation, Technology Transfer, and Diffusion' in A. Cosh and A. Hughes (eds.), , Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. ISBN0906251125 | 9780906251126 Sources of Innovation, Technology Transfer, and Diffusion (1996) The Changing State of British Enterprise: Growth, Innovation and Competitive Advantage in Small and Medium Sized Firms 1986-95 (summary report) [Research report], Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. The Changing State of British Enterprise: Growth, Innovation and Competitive Advantage in Small and Medium Sized Firms 1986-95 (summary report) Keeble, D. and Athreye, S. (2000) Sources of increasing returns and regional innovation in the UK, [Working paper].Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. Sources of increasing returns and regional innovation in the UK (1996) The Changing State of British Enterprise: Growth, Innovation and Competitive Advantage in Small and Medium Sized Firms 1986-95, Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge.ISBN 0906251125 | 9780906251126 The Changing State of British Enterprise: Growth, Innovation and Competitive Advantage in Small and Medium Sized Firms 1986-95 Kitson, M. and Wilkinson, F. (1996) 'North-South and Urban-Rural Variations in SME Performance, Innovation and Business Characteristics' in A. Cosh and A. Hughes (eds.), , Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. ISBN0906251125 | 9780906251126 North-South and Urban-Rural Variations in SME Performance, Innovation and Business Characteristics https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 4156 2024-11-28T07:24:29Z ddi:codebook:2_5