Business Data

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.

nation

nationality of the company

industry

principal business of the company

employs

number of employees

sales

sales for 1991, in millions of dollars

profits

profits for 1991, in millions of dollars