Jump to content

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Line 15: Line 15:
==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.gemconsortium.org/}}
* {{Official website|http://www.gemconsortium.org/}}
* [http://www.london.edu/facultyandresearch/researchactivities/gem/globalentrepreneurshipmonitorglobal.html GEM on the website of London Business School]
* [http://www1.aston.ac.uk/aston-business-school/research/impact/gem/ GEM on the website of Aston Business School]





Revision as of 12:59, 3 February 2012

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) is a global study conducted by a consortium of universities. Started in 1999, it aims to analyze the level of entrepreneurship occurring in a wide basket of countries (were 59 in 2010's Report [1])

It measures entrepreneurship through both surveys and interviews to field experts, conducted by the teams of each country. This report has achieved a significant role in the scientific research about Entrepreneurship, for it is a wide and diachronic source of data.

Contents

The main indicator used is called TEA (Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity), which assess the percent of working age population both about to start an entrepreneurial activity, and that have started one from a maximum of 3 years and half.[2]

A later part regards the link between cultural bounds and entrepreneurship.

References