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The globalisation of markets and the development of the information society are two factors inerepsingly af€ecting statistical business registers. The article describes a number of problem caused by the globalisation process and the information society as which kind of business units should be recordedenterprises or enterprise groups, how cross-border ownership, control and cooperation could be identi5ed in the administrative registers, classification of activity in connection with foreign subsidiaries, recording of date of commencement of foreign subsidiaries in a national economy, recording of places of work in the case of teleworking, problems in connection with the recording of individuals involved in teleworking as self-employed persons and the emergence of virtual enterprises. The article also raises the question of whether there is a need for an international satellite register for (transnational) concerns. Both globalisation and the growing information society therefore place new demands on statistical business registers, and these demands might necessitate mobilisption of additional resources for maintaining and developing the registers.

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During the 1950's and 1960's, the number of white collar workers in Denmark has increased substantially. Danish white collar workers today are relatively more unionized than in most other countries. The article discusses factors that affect the extent of unionization, as they are perceived by union functionnaires. Four factors determining union growth are identified: economic, political, socio-psychological and industrial relations. Among the answers and explanations given, economic factors tend to dominate.