The Business data set contains information about publicly held German, Japanese, and U.S. companies in the automotive, chemical, electronics,
and oil refining industries in 1991. There is one observation for each company.
The following list describes each variable.
nationnationality of the company
industryprincipal business of the company
employsnumber of employees
salessales for 1991, in millions of dollars
profitsprofits for 1991, in millions of dollars