| Value |
Category |
| 1 |
Introduce new products/ services |
| 2 |
Enter new markets |
| 3 |
Change the establishment sale channels |
| 4 |
licensing from others firms |
| 5 |
Reduce personnel |
| 6 |
Register patents of products |
| 7 |
Buy new equipment’s/ adapt new technology |
| 8 |
Increase work force |
| 9 |
Improve quality or design |
| 10 |
Improve branding and advertisement |
| 11 |
Train human resources |
| 12 |
Cooperate with others establishments to gain more important contracts or works |
| 13 |
Open new commercial offices |
| 14 |
Open new productive or operative plants |
| 15 |
Do nothing, stay the same |
| 96 |
Others (specify) |
| Sysmiss |
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Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.