The International Business Report
The International Business Report (IBR) is a unique survey. It provides insight into the views of more than 7800 privately held businesses across 34 economies. New entrants for 2008 are Belgium, Denmark and Vietnam taking the global GDP coverage to 83%. By drawing on data from 16 years of previous surveys, it also highlights trends in business internationally.
IBR 2008 examines the increasing importance of corporate social responsibility, global trends in recruitment and retention issues, investing in global growth markets and trends in mergers and acquisitions.
Participating Economies
Detailed below are the 34 participating economies in IBR 2008:
| Americas | Asia Pacific | Europe, Middle East and Africa |
| Argentina | Australia | Armenia |
| Brazil | China | Botswana |
| Canada | Hong Kong | Belgium |
| Mexico | India | Denmark |
| United States | Japan | France |
| Malaysia | Germany | |
| New Zealand | Greece | |
| Philippines | Ireland | |
| Singapore | Italy | |
| Taiwan | The Netherlands | |
| Thailand | Poland | |
| Vietnam | Russia | |
| South Africa | ||
| Spain | ||
| Sweden | ||
| Turkey | ||
| United Kingdom |
Target respondent
The type of business targeted for IBR are defined as medium to large privately held businesses. The definition of a medium to large business is determined by government descriptions in terms of number of employees, for example a medium to large sized business in the EU would typically have between 50-499 employees.
To find out more or to benchmark your opinions against other businesses and industries, just go to www.internationalbusinessreport.com
