Classification Detail
Classification of Business Functions
Basic Bibliographic Information
Status:
Operational
Type:
To Be Determined
Citation:
N/A
ISBN:
ISBN:
Website:
Custodian:
Eurostat
Available Formats:
PDF
Year Adopted:
2022
Year Published:
2022
Available Languages (besides English):
N/A
Availability:
Fully available in all of the languages above
Purpose of the Classification
Statistical Domains:
2.3 Business statistics, 4.2 Classifications
Purpose:
The classification aims to show how enterprises organize their production and supporting functions and, in particular, it helps to understand globalization and global value chains when international sourcing occurs, and domestic value chains when domestic sourcing occurs.
Main Applications:
Using this international classification for business functions ensures international comparability of statistics on domestic and international sourcing and global value chain statistics.
Main Users:
The main users are statisticians, economists and policymakers.
Methodology
Scope:
Business functions can be thought of as a set of tasks that enterprises must carry out regularly, either internally or externally, to bring goods or services to the market. Examples of such tasks are management, R&D, information technology, marketing and sales, and transportation. Thus, the scope of the CBF covers all these tasks and aims to categorize them into the broader term of business functions. Business functions are typically differentiated from business processes, which refer to work organized temporarily to achieve a specific goal.
Concept Being Classified:
Business function.
Statistical Units:
The statistical unit of the classification is restricted to the enterprises as defined in the SNA 2008. The population covers only the market-producing enterprises, as only those enterprises can have a core business function (defined as the production of goods or services for the market).
Main Principles:
N/A
Relationships to Other International Classifications:
Related To:
Major Differences (Scope, Structure, and Concepts):
No.
Classification Structure
Definition of Structure:
Level:
Level Name:
Code Format:
Number of Items:
Level 1
Section
1
2
Level 2
Division
1.1
10
Level 3
Group
1.1.1
13
Revision Information
Chronology of revisions/versions of the classification:
Year Adopted:
Title or Version Number:
Website:
2022
Official Adopting Entity:
Coordinating Entity:
Supporting Documents
Coding Index Available:
No
Training Materials and Other Documents:
Not yet.
Contact Information
Agency / Office:
European Commission / Eurostat
Unit:
G.6
Contact Name:
Nikola SUNJKA and Georgios PAPADOPOULOS
Email:
Website:
Telephone:
+352 4301-38545, +352 4301 33976
Fax:
-
Address:
5, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Comments
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