Global+Entrepreneurship+Monitor

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project is an annual assessment of the entrepreneurial activity, aspirations and attitudes of individuals across a wide range of countries. GEM explores the role of entrepreneurship in national economic growth, unveiling detailed national features and characteristics associated with entrepreneurial activity.

The program has three main objectives:
 * 1) To measure differences in the level of entrepreneurial activity between countries
 * 2) To uncover factors leading to appropriate levels of entrepreneurship
 * 3) To suggest policies that may enhance the national level of entrepreneurial activity.

GEM is unique because, unlike other entrepreneurship data sets that measure newer and smaller firms, GEM studies, at the grassroots level, the behavior of individuals with respect to starting and managing a business. This approach provides a more detailed picture of entrepreneurial activity than is found in most official national registry data sets.


 * ==For MGT 386, Read before class on January 22 pages 4 - 23 of:== || [[file:GEM 2011 Report.pdf]] ||
 * Optional - Open this file for the extended report || [[file:GEM 2011 Extended Report VF rev.pdf]] ||