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Figure 4. Process of data aggregation (Source: Wald et al., 2015: 26)
A research company was hired to conduct the data collection. A list of questions was sent to participants
within targeted organizations, this was followed by emails and then telephone interviews. The
population sample included the 1,000 largest organizations in Iceland and the final sample included 142
companies with an average size of 125 employees. All in all, 18 questions were asked on internal and
external projects and economic figures on sectors were obtained from the Iceland Statistics (Hagstofan,
2016).

Results
The results from the two studies are introduced separately: First the results from the GVA study will pe
presented and then the results from the Benchmark (MMR) study.
Results from the GVA study
The primary research in the GVA study delivered 142 answers on the value of project categorized by the
six sectors included in the survey. For clarification, the total Gross Value Added in Iceland in the year
2014 was 1.530.775 m ISK (figure 2).