Term:
Kind-of-activity unit (KAU)
Definition:
A kind-of-activity unit is an enterprise or part of an enterprise that engages in only one kind of productive activity or in which the principal productive activity accounts for most of the value added. Compared with the establishment, the KAU is not restricted on the geographic area in which the activity is carried out but it is characterized by homogeneity of activity.
Domain:
Statistical Business Registers
Source:
United Nations, Statistics Division, "International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (ISIC)", Statistical Papers Series M No. 4, Rev. 4, New York, 2008.
