233 = Estonia
276 = Germany
500 = Greece
642 = Romania

Year of forming the company , encoded
1 = bevor 1989
2 = 1990-1993
3 = after 1994

CEOs years in the organisation
1 = 1-3 years
2 = 4-9 years
3 = 10-15 years
4 = over 15 years

Position of the managing director
1 = alone
2 = run the comp twosome 1/2
3 = run the comp threesome 1/3
4 = others

Origin of the CEO
1 = foreign
2 = local

Age the entrepreneur / non-entrepreneur - See annotations
1 = under 40 years
2 = 41-50 years
3 = 51-60 years
4 = over 61 years
9 = not given

Sex of the CEO
1 = male
2 = female

Profession of the CEO
1 = engeneering
2 = business/economics
3 = others

Graduation of the CEO
1 = no university degree
2 = Bachelor/Vordiplom
3 = Master/Diplom

CEOs years in managing position
1 = under 5 years
2 = 5 - 10 years
3 = 11 - 15 years
4 = over 15 years

Number of employees , encoded
1 = under 50 employees
2 = 50 - 100 employees
3 = 101-500 employees
4 = over 501 employees