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Figure 1: Main flows in the chain, central role for the SBR
In order to satisfy the requirement as structural backbone the SBR has to
be the central place where statistical units and their main characteristics are
stored and maintained. The Dutch SBR contains therefore the identifying and
structural data on businesses at the level of three types of Statistical Units; the
Enterprise Groups (EG), Enterprises (Ent) and Local Enterprise Units (LEU). The
mandatory utilization of these Statistical Units and the frames derived from
the backbone are in turn a precondition for coordination of the statistical
output of the chain. And last but not least, the SBR has been expanded and
should also facilitate the linkage of administrative units and their information
to statistical units. The SBR thus fulfills the role of both:
- Population frame and;
- Statistical frame and as well as of;
- Coupling frame
4. Business value of SBR
The challenges require agile responses, driven by maximal increases of the
business value of SBR. Statistics Netherlands uses a strategic agenda.
Improvements have to fit within this agenda. A top-down approach. Besides
that, the business value of the business register can be determined and any
proposal for a change can be evaluated by estimating the contributing of
products and services from SBR towards official statistics. A bottom-up
approach.
4.1 Business strategy and SBR
The main topics and their corresponding objectives of the strategic
agenda, regarding SBR are:
Innovation to create new and faster services, cost reduction and low
administrative burden;
Phenomenon-oriented to adopt a phenomenon and society-oriented
approach;
Paid services to increase usage of products and services;
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