Internationalisation monitor 2012 - CBS

18 Statistics Netherlands
The following four chapters are the papers that all focus on a common topic. In this edition
we investigate enterprise dynamics, while distinguishing between internationally active
firms and Dutch oriented firms. Chapter 6 shows birth and death rates for Dutch firms, by
sector, size and international orientation. In addition, it provides a first insight into factors
that influence firm survival, with a key focus on internationalisation. Chapter 7 deals with
the consequences of enterprise dynamics. The start-up or exit of a Dutch controlled firm
might have different implications for the Dutch economy than a similar start-up or exit
of a foreign controlled firm. The dynamics and survival of international traders in goods
is closely examined in chapter 8. Chapter 9 illustrates how the financial crisis impacted
on the development of turnover, employment and trade for various types of firms, and
illustrates which firms came out on top. Each chapter reports breakdowns by sectors
(manufacturing, wholesale trade, services), size class and by locus of control (foreign
versus domestic).
Finally, the last five chapters comprise key figures and annotated tables that will be
regularly updated. Many of these statistics can already be found on StatLine, others are in
the process of being made available through that channel. The tables are intended to give
more detailed background information with respect to trends and involve trade in goods,
trade in services, foreign direct investment, transport and employment.
Further developments
Although this fifth edition of the Internationalisation Monitor is yet another step in our aim
to publish more detailed and more coherent data on globalisation and its consequences
for the Netherlands, additional research remains necessary. While many determinants and
consequences of globalisation are being addressed, other and more complex questions
arise. The impact of globalisation on the regional distribution of employment, wellbeing
and entrepreneurship, particularly in the context of international value chains and local
clusters is one such topic. In this publication we will make a start with adding a regional
dimension to our globalisation studies, by illustrating where internationally oriented
enterprises are located in the Netherlands and what their relative importance is. In the
near future, CBS will describe and analyse in more detail the regional impact of enterprise
dynamics, international activity and value chains. This research will be carried out in close
cooperation with strategic partners such as the Netherlands Environmental Assessment
Agency (PBL) and the Vrije Universiteit (VU).
Within the framework of international co-operation, CBS is participating in a project on
defining of economic globalisation indicators, and in a project on enhanced measurement
of global value chain activities. These projects, defined and granted by Eurostat, aims to
strengthen the European Statistical System capacity (conceptually and methodologically)
to measure economic globalisation and the globalisation of business and to concretely
establish statistical evidence on the increasingly globalised ways of doing business and
organisation of the enterprises and the impacts on the possibilities for Europe to create