CHAPTER 9

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)

Introduction

The Global Entrepreneurship Research Association (GERA), the research consortium that carries out the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research program on an annual basis, has contributed to a deeper understanding of national differences in entrepreneurial attitudes, activity, and aspirations, and the characteristics of the environmental conditions that may either encourage or deter entrepreneurship. Since 1999, when the first GEM study appeared, information has been presented for more than 100 economies worldwide. As such, the GEM research program helps governments, businesses, and educators around the world to design policies and programs aimed at stimulating entrepreneurship. ...

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