EBRD, EIB and World Bank Enterprise Survey

The first Enterprise Survey in Greece since 2005, and our first as prime contractor for the World Bank.

Scale

600 establishments interviewed face to face

Reach

Greece, nationwide

Duration

14 months, March 2018 to May 2019

Team

More than 60 interviewers nationwide, trained at four regional workshops, with a five-person call-centre scheduling team

Effort

120 professional staff-months

Client

The World Bank Group

Our role

Prime contractor

Period

March 2018 to May 2019

Geography

Greece, nationwide with training hubs in Athens, Thessaloniki, Larisa and Heraklion

Population

Chief executives, HR managers, finance directors and senior management of private firms

Mode and platform

Face-to-face interviewing, Survey Solutions CAPI

Languages

Greek

Quality standard

Enterprise Surveys protocol, with panel re-contact of firms interviewed in 2005

What the data fed

Business environment benchmarking, the effects of reform, resource efficiency and green economy indicators for Greece

Scope of our work

✓ Sampling frame✓ Sample design✓ Questionnaire and translation✓ Programming and testing✓ Pilot✓ Recruitment and training✓ Fieldwork✓ Monitoring✓ Back-checks and quality control✓ Data cleaning and weighting✓ Delivery✓ Reporting and dissemination

Results

600 interviews completed using fewer than three additional sample batches. Panel retention of 53%, with 111 of the 211 eligible firms from the 2005 Enterprise Survey re-interviewed. The sampling frame was built from ERGANI administrative data.