FE7066 Data Analysis for Global Business Background Assignment Component 001 Coursework Weighting 30% The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been considered as a process where companies integrate social and environmental concerns into their business and interactions with stakeholders. To achieve business development and sustainability, more and more companies are investing in CSR related management control system to create value for social and business, and to reduce environmental damage. Quantitative secondary research into the performance of the companies has provided evidence to show that a great funding availability for listed companies leading to a higher level of the CSR-related management control components implemented and the corresponding effects on performance of the companies. In other words, listed company has a great access to funding opportunities for green projects that contribute to higher level of CSR-related management control and lower level of social problems and environmental risk. What about the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)? Are they expected to establish internal mechanisms within their businesses that lead towards more sustainable behaviour, especially those companies which operating in risky business such as chemical logistics industry? A questionnaire was carried out to investigate the relationship between innovative finance and businesses development and sustainability in a national chemical logistics industry. The research questions of this study 1. What innovative finance mechanisms are available in the financial markets? 2. What are the financial problems facing the chemical logistics industry? 3. What can chemical logistics companies do to achieve sustainable development? 4. What are possible solutions for innovative finance for chemical logistics business development and sustainability? To collect insightful information to find answers to the research questions, a questionnaire was used to collect primary data from a cross-company design that included both small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the questionnaire consists of 10 questions. Several steps were taken to ensure the reliability of the data such as a random sampling and extensive pre-testing with experts from a local economic development corporation as well as managers of companies within industry. There were 1,228 SMEs in the industry and 200 copies of the questionnaire were distributed to the top-level managers of selected samples of companies during the period from 1st November to 30th December 2022. And 152 out of 200 completed 1 questionnaires were returned. The feedback from these respondents was recorded in a MS Excel Spreadsheet. Requirements 1. UseIBMSPSSStatisticsorMSExcelSpreadsheettoanalysetheprimarydata collected by this study. 2. Write a formal report of 1,000 words to evaluate the results from the study. A copy of the questions of this Questionnaire is attached. The data set in a MS Excel file is available from module Weblearn via Assessment Details.

Questionnaire:

Question 1 What is your gender?

Male

Female

Prefer not to say

Question 2 How many employees does your company have?

Less than 100

Between 100 to 150

Between 150 to 200

Between 200 to 250

Between 250 to 300

More than 300

Question 3 Please indicate the financing problems facing the chemical logistics industry.

Limitedsourcesoffinance

Difficult to access to bank loans

Difficult to access to local government support

Highfinancecostifusingfactoring

Question 4 Have your top-managers sought sources of innovative finance for CSR-related management control system?

Yes

No

Prefer not to say

Question 5 What can the chemical logistic companies do to achieve business development and sustainability? Please choose most important.

Standardized procedure to every customer complaint.

Monitor potential negative impacts of our activities on the community

Continually strive to improve the quality of our services.

Encourages our employees to actively participate in initiatives for business

development.

Committed to reducing the amount of energy and materials wasted in our

company.

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Question 6 What is the most innovative finance mechanisms available for your company?

1. Micro-contributions 2. Taxes 3. Public-privatepartnerships 4. Market-basedfinancialtransaction 5. Noneoftheabove

Question 7 Please indicate to what extent you agree that innovative finance support business development and sustainability.

Stronglyagree

Agree

Neither agree not disagree

Disagree

Stronglydisagree

Question 8 How much additional funds did your company raise by using sources of innovative finance? Please write down the amount of funds if possible.

US$: _______________________________

Question 9 What is the greatest contribution to your company resulting from innovative finance in the last 5 years?

Increased in investments in risk management control system

Improved work conditions and safety

Improvedworkingefficiency

Securedgrowthinbusiness

Effectivebusinessmanagement

Question 10 Please indicate one of the most important solutions to support your companys business development and sustainability.

Betterbalancesheetmanagement

Smart investment in the best logistics assets

Enhanceprotectionandsecurity

Investments in logistics automation

Dataset:

Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Q7	Q8	Q9	Q10
Gender	Employees	Financing Problems	Seeking Innovative Finance	How to achieve BD and Sustainability	Innovative Finance Mechnisms	Rating of innotive Finance	Funds raised($000)	Company Performance	Solutions for Business Development
1	6	1	2	1	1	2	200	3	1
1	6	1	2	1	5	2	150	1	1
1	6	2	2	1	4	2	180	3	2
1	1	1	3	2	1	2	50	2	2
1	6	2	1	1	3	4	100	3	2
1	5	2	1	1	1	2	120	3	3
2	5	2	1	1	5	2	100	2	3
1	6	2	2	1	4	3	90	3	4
1	6	2	2	1	1	5	300	2	1
1	6	2	2	2	1	2	500	3	3
1	1	2	2	2	4	2	60	2	2
1	6	2	2	2	1	2	450	1	2
1	5	4	2	2	1	5	320	1	2
2	6	3	3	2	1	2	110	1	4
1	1	1	3	2	1	2	0	1	1
1	6	1	1	2	4	3	700	1	1
1	5	2	1	2	1	2	250	4	4
2	6	3	1	1	1	5	250	4	1
1	6	4	1	1	3	2	550	2	1
1	6	2	1	1	1	2	800	2	1
1	6	3	1	1	1	4	500	2	1
1	5	2	1	1	4	2	380	2	1
2	6	3	2	1	1	2	0	2	1
1	6	4	2	1	1	2	0	2	1
1	6	1	2	1	1	2	170	2	3
1	6	1	2	2	4	4	900	2	1
1	5	3	2	1	1	2	950	2	1
1	6	3	2	1	1	2	750	2	4
1	1	2	2	1	1	3	100	2	1
3	6	3	2	2	1	2	400	2	2
1	6	1	2	1	1	2	320	2	1
1	5	1	3	1	1	2	180	4	1
2	6	2	1	1	1	3	220	4	1
1	6	2	1	1	1	2	400	4	1
1	5	2	2	1	1	3	500	4	1
1	6	4	2	1	1	2	520	4	1
1	4	1	2	1	1	1	880	3	1
1	4	2	2	2	1	1	800	3	1
2	2	1	3	1	5	1	780	1	1
1	6	2	1	1	1	1	650	2	1
1	4	2	1	1	1	1	150	4	1
1	4	1	1	1	5	1	150	2	1
2	6	2	1	1	1	2	200	2	3
1	6	2	2	1	5	2	600	2	1
1	1	2	2	1	1	2	700	2	1
1	6	2	2	1	4	2	1,800	3	1
1	2	1	1	1	1	3	150	3	1
2	6	2	1	1	5	2	160	3	4
1	6	2	2	1	1	2	220	3	1
1	5	2	2	1	1	4	400	1	1
1	2	1	1	2	1	2	350	1	4
2	6	3	2	2	1	4	900	4	1
1	6	2	1	2	5	2	700	2	1
1	5	2	1	2	1	2	50	4	4
1	6	3	1	1	4	3	0	4	1
1	6	4	2	1	1	2	0	4	1
3	5	2	2	1	3	2	0	4	1
1	6	3	2	1	1	2	200	2	1
1	6	4	2	1	1	2	650	2	1
1	1	2	2	2	3	2	0	2	2
2	6	1	1	1	1	2	500	2	1
1	4	2	1	1	1	2	200	2	2
1	6	1	1	1	3	2	450	2	1
1	5	1	1	1	1	3	250	2	1
2	6	2	1	1	1	2	100	3	1
1	4	2	2	1	1	2	350	2	1
1	3	3	2	1	3	3	0	2	1
1	5	3	1	1	1	2	180	2	2
2	6	1	2	4	1	5	600	4	1
1	6	2	2	2	3	2	500	2	3
1	5	2	1	1	1	2	500	2	1
1	6	4	1	1	1	2	0	2	1
1	4	2	1	4	3	2	200	5	2
3	5	1	1	1	1	2	300	5	1
1	6	2	2	1	2	2	580	2	1
1	6	4	2	4	2	2	300	2	2
1	5	4	2	1	5	2	780	2	1
2	6	2	3	3	2	2	950	4	1
2	4	1	3	1	2	2	900	2	2
1	1	1	2	4	2	2	350	2	1
1	6	1	2	1	4	2	0	5	1
1	1	2	2	3	2	2	0	2	1
3	6	2	1	1	2	2	520	2	2
1	5	1	1	1	2	2	300	2	1
1	6	1	1	4	1	2	390	2	1
1	3	1	2	3	1	2	1,450	2	2
1	6	1	1	1	1	1	800	2	1
3	5	2	2	1	2	2	500	2	1
1	6	3	2	1	1	2	370	2	1
1	5	2	1	1	1	2	500	4	2
1	6	1	1	1	3	1	200	2	1
3	4	2	1	1	1	2	90	2	1
1	6	2	1	1	1	2	600	2	1
1	5	2	1	1	3	2	380	2	2
1	6	3	1	5	1	2	400	2	2
3	5	1	1	2	1	2	500	2	1
1	6	2	2	2	1	2	620	2	1
1	6	3	2	2	2	2	400	2	4
3	4	2	2	2	1	2	400	2	1
1	6	1	1	2	1	2	300	2	1
1	5	2	2	2	2	1	600	2	4
2	6	1	2	2	1	2	550	2	1
1	6	2	2	5	1	2	2,000	2	1
1	6	2	2	2	1	1	1,000	2	1
2	5	2	2	5	1	2	900	2	2
1	6	1	1	5	1	2	600	2	1
1	5	1	1	2	1	2	200	5	1
1	6	2	2	5	1	2	200	2	1
1	6	2	1	5	2	1	300	2	1
1	3	1	2	2	1	2	500	5	1
1	6	2	3	2	3	2	400	2	4
1	3	1	2	5	1	2	150	5	1
1	6	2	2	2	2	1	100	2	1
1	2	1	1	2	1	2	400	2	1
1	6	2	2	5	1	1	320	2	1
1	6	1	2	2	3	2	780	5	1
1	5	1	1	2	3	2	280	2	1
1	6	3	2	1	1	2	850	2	2
1	6	2	2	1	1	2	800	5	1
1	2	1	2	1	2	2	300	2	1
1	6	1	2	4	1	2	200	2	1
1	6	2	2	1	1	2	70	2	2
1	5	2	1	2	1	2	500	3	1
2	6	2	2	1	1	2	360	3	2
1	3	1	2	1	2	2	77	3	1
1	3	1	2	1	1	2	120	5	1
1	5	2	2	1	1	2	430	3	1
1	6	4	2	4	1	2	980	3	2
2	4	2	2	1	1	1	900	3	2
1	6	1	2	1	1	2	650	3	1
1	2	1	2	4	1	2	65	2	1
1	2	2	2	5	1	2	50	1	1
1	6	2	1	1	2	2	150	2	1
2	6	2	2	1	1	2	70	1	1
1	6	2	3	5	1	2	110	2	1
2	6	4	1	1	2	2	160	2	2
1	5	2	1	1	1	2	90	2	1
1	6	3	3	4	1	1	150	1	1
1	6	3	1	2	4	2	820	1	1
2	4	3	1	1	1	2	2,000	5	2
1	6	2	1	1	5	2	690	2	1
1	2	3	1	2	1	2	650	1	1
1	6	3	3	4	2	1	200	1	1
1	2	2	1	1	1	2	710	2	2
1	6	4	1	4	1	2	480	5	1
2	2	3	3	1	3	5	1,500	1	1
1	6	2	1	1	1	2	1,200	1	1
1	4	2	2	1	5	1	500	2	4
2	4	2	2	2	2	2	600	1	2
1	5	2	2	2	2	2	160	2	2
1	5	2	1	1	5	1	200	3	3
1	6	1	1	5	3	1	1,000	2	2