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    EIB Investment Survey 2022 - European Union overview
    EIB Investment Survey 2022 - European Union overview
    EIB Investment Survey 2022 - European Union overview
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    EIB Investment Survey 2022 - European Union overview

    By European Investment Bank

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    This unique insight into the corporate investment landscape in the European Union examines companies' finance needs and the constraints they face. The 2022 edition delves into the aftermath of the economic shock produced by the COVID-19 crisis and the readiness of firms to cope with the new massive shocks that are testing corporate resilience. The report assesses how response and recovery programmes put in place by the European Union and by national governments have helped firms, but also shows how firm perceptions of investment conditions are overshadowed again by recent events. In addition, the EIBIS EU overview presents firm reactions to outstanding structural transformation needs and more specifically the extent to which European firms are addressing the need to make their businesses more green and digital. It also highlights how European firms counter sudden shocks, for example by assessing their responsiveness to international trade disruptions. The survey is based on interviews with 12 000 companies across the 27 European Union countries, and it includes a benchmark sample from the United States. This overview provides the aggregated results for the European Union.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEuropean Investment Bank
    Release dateNov 17, 2022
    ISBN9789286153976
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      EIB Investment Survey 2022 - European Union overview - European Investment Bank

      EIBIS 2022 — European Union overview

      KEY RESULTS

      Investment dynamics and focus

      EIBIS 2022 shows that on average, at the time of the interviews (April-July 2022), European firms were emerging from the effects of COVID-19 in relatively good shape and with a generally positive outlook. The share of EU firms having invested in 2021 remained relatively stable compared to 2020 (81%), below pre-pandemic shares (of around 86%). However, EU firms had positive expectations on investment for the whole of 2022, with 20% more firms expecting to increase rather than decrease investment.

      Investment needs and priorities

      Firms did not signal major investment gaps, with 80% claiming their investment activities over the last three years had been the right amount — similar to EIBIS 2021. Looking ahead to the next three years, investment in replacement remains the main priority for firms’ investment (35% of firms), while the share of firms with no investment plans increased slightly in EIBIS 2022 (11% vs. 9% in EIBIS 2021).

      COVID-19 impact

      The pandemic was a major shock for EU firms, but policy support was sizable and helped them to survive and transform. However, the impact was uneven across firms and sectors. One-third of firms never saw a year-on-year sales loss due to COVID-19 and, at the time of the interviews, expected a higher sales level in 2022 compared to the pre-pandemic level of 2019. At the other end of the spectrum, about half of firms experienced losses in 2020 and/or 2021 , with 13% not yet expecting to recover from the pandemic-era loss of business in 2022.

      Overall, roughly 60% of EU firms have received some form of financial support in response to COVID-19, mostly in the form of subsidies or other assistance that does not need to be paid back. Policy support was more likely to reach firms that experienced sales losses (around 73% benefited from some form of financial support in response to COVID-19, vs. 47% of firms that did not experience any decline in sales). About 10% of firms report that they are still receiving financial support — with 20% being firms that have not yet recovered from the pandemic.

      Firms’ transformation, innovation and digitalisation

      Policy support was instrumental in enabling firms to transform. They reacted to the shock, with 63% taking action. Compared to EIBIS 2021, more firms report having acted or made investments to become more digital (53% vs. 46% in EIBIS 2021). Furthermore, the share of firms putting effort into supply chain shortening nearly doubled (from 10% to 19%).

      On average, 69% of EU firms used at least one advanced digital technology, close to what is reported by US firms (71%).

      The period of repeated shocks is having an effect on firms’ innovation. About a third (34%) of EU firms developed or introduced new products, processes or services as part of their investment activities, similar to the share reported in EIBIS 2021 (36%). The innovation gap with the United States is growing over time, as 53% of US firms introduced new products, processes or services in 2022.

      International trade

      Almost 90% of EU firms have faced international trade-related disruptions since 2021. Nearly as many EU firms see the Russia-Ukraine conflict and COVID-19 as creating obstacles to international trade. Overall, among firms facing disruptions due to international trade, nearly 60% report having taken action to mitigate the impact of these disruptions.

      Drivers and constraints

      At the time of

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