THE NETHERLANDS 2004 GEM Report
710.37
KB, published on
07 June 2005
Written in Dutch with a brief English Summary included.
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The Netherlands GEM 2003 Report
632.07
KB, published on
28 April 2004
This report investigates early-stage entrepreneurial activity for the Netherlands in 2003 an international perspective. Last year, the Netherlands participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) for the third time. Over 30 countries, 20 of which OECD countries, are involved in this study that describes and analyses early-stage entrepreneurial activity across a wide range of nations. The present report investigates the:
− Level and development of early-stage entrepreneurial activity in the Netherlands, in
global and OECD perspective
− Attitudes towards entrepreneurship in the adult population
− Characteristics of Dutch individuals involved in early-stage entrepreneurial activities
− Informal investors climate in the Netherlands
Being entrepreneurially active is defined as currently being involved in a start-up (also known as 'nascent entrepreneur') or the owner and manager of a young business. National entrepreneurial activity rates are the proportion of entrepreneurially active individuals in the adult population 18-64 years of age.
Level and developments of entrepreneurial activity In 2002, potential entrepreneurs suffered from the global economic setback. Economic adversity implies fewer opportunities to set up new businesses; it is generally accompanied by a decline in registered start-ups. The world economy partly recovered in 2003.
The early-stage entrepreneurial activity rate did indeed increase in a number of countries. The Netherlands has not shown an economic recovery in 2003. The services sector is important in the Netherlands. Partly due to the burst of the Internet bubble this sector suffered severely in 2002 and 2003. This is reflected in the entrepreneurial activity rate, declining from 6.4 in 2001 via 4.6 in 2002 to 3.6 in 2003. While the number of nascent entrepreneurs seemed to be stable in 2002, this number declined in 2003. The number of owner-managers of young firms in 2003 is about the same as in 2002. However, this number had decreased quite dramatically in the year before. The Dutch early-stage entrepreneurial activity rate is therefore more than ever situated at the lower-end of participating GEM countries. In addition, the level of early-stage
entrepreneurial activity in Western Europe significantly remains Anglo-Saxon, involving countries like New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States. Cross-country rankings on early-stage entrepreneurial activity thus remain fairly stable in 2003, though more fluctuation was observed than before. The pervasive influence of culture and institutions is still most important, however the national differences as regards economic fluctuations seem to have been influential as well in 2003...
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The Netherlands 2002 GEM National Report
424.66
KB, published on
06 December 2002
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Netherlands 2001 GEM National Report - The Long Road to the Entrepreneurial Society
948.27
KB, published on
21 March 2002
The Long Road to the Entrepreneurial Society
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2001
The Netherlands
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