Atradius Survey Finds EU Companies Believe Businesses in Emerging Markets are Willing to Take More Risks Than Their EU Peers
AMSTERDAM, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Businesses based in emerging markets are believed to take more risks than businesses in mature European markets when entering new markets and introducing new products by 44% and 35% respectively of respondents to an Atradius survey of Western European businesses. Furthermore, a 33% of the survey respondents believe emerging markets businesses are able to develop more economic production methods, 31% believe they have fewer layers of management, 29% said they have more flexibility and ingenuity in their production methods. Only 12% of survey respondents said that emerging market businesses employ better-skilled workers.
Respondents from Italy (63%) and Great Britain (56%) showed the greatest expectation of trading with emerging markets in 2011. Overall, 42% of the EU companies surveyed anticipated doing business with 19 emerging markets this year. Exporting to emerging markets is the most widely expected action.
China is considered to be the most important emerging market for survey participants followed by Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic suggesting that in many cases ease of access to trade partners can play an important role in trade strategies of Western European businesses.
From a credit management perspective, the most important actions taken by survey respondents to reduce payment default risk in emerging markets include checking buyer's creditworthiness (64%), monitoring buyer's credit risk (45%) and checking buyer's payment track record (43%). 35% of the respondents insure their receivables.
Isidoro Unda, Chairman and CEO of the Atradius N.V. commented, "International trade is an important aspect of the growth strategies of many businesses worldwide and emerging markets have grown to be some of the most important export destinations. Atradius is helping enable the growth strategies of these businesses by reducing payment default risk, supplying them with information about the creditworthiness of their buyers, and helping them collect overdue invoices and debts."
The complete report highlighting the findings of the Atradius survey Doing business with emerging markets in 2011 can be found in the Publications section of .
About Atradius
The Atradius Group provides trade credit insurance, surety and collections services worldwide, and has a presence through 160 offices in 42 countries. Atradius has access to credit information on 60 million companies worldwide and makes more than 20,000 trade credit limit decisions daily. Its products help to protect companies throughout the world from payment default risks associated with selling products and services on credit.
SOURCE Atradius N.V.
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