The network has collaborated since the first questionnaire which was gathered in 1992 containing 20 countries and 500 companies.
IMSS 2 was conducted in 1996 with 26 countries and 700 companies.
IMSS 3 ran in 2002/03 with 23 countries and 600 companies.
IMSS 4 have in 2006 over 700 companies
Due to agreement between the partners, the data is available to researchers at the participating organizations only
The questionaire has from IMSS 1 been based on the model stated as hypothesis by Chris Voss at London Business School shown above.
This is not a funded project, so each institution has to provide their own local/ national funding to administer the survey and participate in coordination and reporting.
ISIC Rev 3.1 is now used by the IMSS research network:
Section D - Manufacturing codes of interest to IMSS (two-digit codes) which correspond to the old ISIC Rev. 2 (381-383) 28 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 29 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 30 - Manufacture of office, accounting and computing machinery 31 - Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus n.e.c. 32 - Manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus 33 - Manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments, watches and clocks 34 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 35 - Manufacture of other transport equipment