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Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2017

  • Provides a detailed analysis of digital entrepreneurship using the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI) and the Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA)
  • Provides a detailed look at the entrepreneurial ecosystems of 137 countries around the world
  • Captures the contextual features of entrepreneurship by measuring entrepreneurial attitudes, abilities, and aspirations
  • Features the 2017 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI)
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Economics (BRIEFSECONOMICS)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Mapping the Global Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

    • Zoltan J. Acs, László Szerb, Ainsley Lloyd
    Pages 1-10
  3. Entrepreneurship and the Future of Global Prosperity

    • Zoltan J. Acs, László Szerb, Ainsley Lloyd
    Pages 11-27
  4. The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index

    • Zoltan J. Acs, László Szerb, Ainsley Lloyd
    Pages 29-53
  5. Country and Country Group Performance

    • Zoltan J. Acs, László Szerb, Ainsley Lloyd
    Pages 55-79
  6. Enhancing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A GEI Approach to Entrepreneurship Policy

    • Zoltan J. Acs, László Szerb, Ainsley Lloyd
    Pages 81-91
  7. Methodology and Data Description

    • Zoltan J. Acs, László Szerb, Ainsley Lloyd
    Pages 93-115
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 117-119

About this book

This brief presents a detailed look at the entrepreneurial ecosystem of nations around the wold by combining individual data with institutional components. Presenting data from the 2017 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), which measures the quality and scale of entrepreneurial process from 137 countries world-wide, this book provides a rich understanding of entrepreneurship and a more precise means to measure it. In addition to yearly data and comparison, this 2017 edition also explores the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem and provides a detailed analysis of two measurements of entrepreneurship: the GEDI and the Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA) measure.

Whereas developed countries will be challenged to increase their economic productivity to sustain current standards of living as their populations rapidly age, developing economies will need to integrate more than two billion young adults into the world economy by 2050. How can more than one billionjobs be created in the developing world within this timeframe, especially in the least developed countries, where poverty and massive unemployment are already dominant facts of economic life? How can we measure, monitor, and build the ecosystems to produce such growth?  The GEDI is designed to profile national systems of entrepreneurship. It links institutions and agents through a National Entrepreneurial System (ecosystem) in which each biotic and abiotic component is reinforced by the other at the country level. The resulting data gives policymakers a tool for understanding the entrepreneurial strengths and weaknesses of their countries’ economies, thereby enabling them to implement policies that foster productive entrepreneurship. The GEDI also helps governments harness the power of entrepreneurship to add these types of challenges.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, USA

    Zoltan J. Acs

  • Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

    László Szerb

  • Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute, Washington, D.C., USA

    Ainsley Lloyd

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2017

  • Authors: Zoltan J. Acs, László Szerb, Ainsley Lloyd

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65903-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65902-2Published: 21 September 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65903-9Published: 14 September 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2191-5504

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-5512

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 119

  • Number of Illustrations: 39 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Originally published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Washington, DC, USA 2017

  • Topics: Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Institutional/Evolutionary Economics

Buy it now

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eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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