Abstract
After 6 years, the world has begun to put the global recession of 2009 behind it: while some parts of the world have pushed through the recession and returned to economic health, others have yet to emerge from massive debt and lackluster growth. Entrepreneurship plays an important role in both dynamics, as gradual recovery brings strategic opportunities for growth. In China, for example, entrepreneurs can help reduce economic dependency on infrastructural investment by catalyzing consumer demand. In country such as Greece, however, where the uncertainty of a lagging recovery dampens the confidence of business, entrepreneurs are having a more difficult time helping to turn the economy around.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
This version uses data collected in mid-2012.
- 2.
The Netherlands was one of the biggest improvers in the 2011–2012 time period.
- 3.
Gender is a complicated subject and difficult to capture through the addition of a gender pillar. In 2013, the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute launched the Gender-GEDI which is first ever index for female entrepreneurship. The Gender-GEDI project spearheaded by Ruta Aidis and sponsored by Dell Computers ranks and scores countries according to their potential for fostering “high–impact” female entrepreneurs. (www.thegedi.org) (www.dell.com/dwen).
- 4.
Ruta Aidis interview, June 5, 2012.
Excerpt from a case study contributed by Ruta Aidis for “Identifying the obstacles to high-impact entrepreneurship in Latin America” by Zoltan Acs and Paulo Correa, The World Bank (2014).
References
Acemoglu, D., & Robinson, J. (2011). Why nations fail: The origins of power, prosperity and poverty. New York: Crown Press.
Acs, Z. J., & Correa, P. (2014). Identifying the obstacles to high-impact entrepreneurship in Latin America. Washington, DC: The World Bank.
Acs, Z. J., & Szerb, L. (2011). The global entrepreneurship and development index. Cheltnam: Edward Elgar.
Acs, Z. J., & Szerb, L. (2012). The global entrepreneurship and development index. Cheltnam: Edward Elgar.
Acs, Z. J., Bardasi, E., Estrin, S., & Svejnar, J. (2011). Introduction to a special issue on female entrepreneurship in developed and developing economies. Small Business Economics, 37(4), 393–396.
Acs, Z. J., Szerb, L., & Autio, E. (2013). The global entrepreneurship and development index. Cheltnam: Edward Elgar.
Groh, A., Liechtenstein, H., & Lieser, K. (2012). The global venture capital and private equity country attractiveness index 2012. Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa: Universidad de Navarra.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Acs, Z.J., Szerb, L., Autio, E. (2015). Introduction. In: Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2014. SpringerBriefs in Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14932-5_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14932-5_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-14931-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-14932-5
eBook Packages: Business and EconomicsBusiness and Management (R0)