Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Knowledge ...

Kai Mertins, Sven Wuscher and Markus Will
Figure 4: Sample according to annual turnover
856 enterprises answered <strong>the</strong> question whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>y are operated by <strong>the</strong> owners <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> enterprise or
a management board. 68% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se enterprises said that <strong>the</strong>y are operated by <strong>the</strong>ir owners while <strong>the</strong>
o<strong>the</strong>r 32% stated to be operated by a management board (see figure 5).
Figure 5: Sample according to type <strong>of</strong> operation
The question regarding <strong>the</strong> enterprises’ prime markets was answered by 900 enterprises. The
distribution is relatively homogenous, whereby slightly more enterprises (38.1%) sell <strong>the</strong>ir products
and services nationwide. In contrast, only 26.2% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> enterprises are operating on international
markets (see figure 6).
Figure 6: Sample according to prime markets
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