This report is based on two surveys carried out by Waagstein Research. The main survey was conducted in the second quarter of 2008 among 54 large (+300 employees) companies in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. This is complemented by information gained from a survey carried out in the fourth quarter of 2007 among 90 large Nordic companies.
The research data is presented and analysed broken down by industry: Trade, Services and Manufacturing.