Special Topic Reports
GEM Manual: Design, Data and Quality Control
The main purpose of this manual is to provide inexperienced users of GEM data, the academic community and other stakeholders in the field of economics and development with relevant details on how GEM has emerged, how GEM data is collected…
GEM 2010 Womens Report
The purpose of the GEM Women’s report is to examine women entrepreneurs around the world. The report seeks to understand differences in the frequency and nature of women’s entrepreneurship, and makes comparisons with men across various societies. The goal of…
GEM Report on Social Entrepreneurship - Executive Summary
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)’s Social Entrepreneurship Activity research is based on interviews with 150,000 adults in 49 countries during 2009. We find that the percentage of the population that is explicit about its involvement in social activities varies considerably…
GEM Endeavor 2011 High Impact Entrepreneurship Report
There is growing evidence that certain types of entrepreneurs matter more than others when it comes to fostering long-term economic growth. “High-Impact Entrepreneurs” are the individuals that launch and lead companies with above average impact in terms of job creation,…
GEM Special Report on Education and Training
In 2008 the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor set out to investigate the prevalence and sources of entrepreneurship education and training, and the effect of this training on starting a business. Thirty-eight national teams participated in this study, adding specialized questions to…
GEM Special Report on Education and Training: Spanish
El año 2008, el Proyecto Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, ha hecho realidad su intención de investigar la prevalencia y fuentes de educación y formación emprendedora, así como el efecto de esta formación en el proceso de puesta en marcha de un…
GEM 2009 Report on Social Entrepreneurship
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s (GEM) social entrepreneurship activity research is based on interviews with approximately 150,000 adults in 49 countries during 2009. Special questions were added to the GEM 2009 Adult Population Survey (APS) to document the prevalence of social…
The IIIP Innovation Confidence Indexes 2009 Report
Consumer Innovation Confidence (CIC), a measure of consumer demand for innovation, is the degree to which individuals are willing to engage with and perceive benefit from new products or services, or products or services that embody new technology. It is…
The IIIP Innovation Confidence Index 2008 Report
This document reports the second annual results of an international index of Innovation Confidence developed for and funded by the Institute for Innovation & Information Productivity (IIIP)1 by the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde in association…
GEM 2007 Report on Women and Entrepreneurship - Summary
Women entrepreneurs make an important contribution to the development of the world economy, particularly in low and middle-income countries. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2007 Report on Women and Entrepreneurship is the fourth in a series of reports undertaken to…
