Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (Gem) - Germany 2000 Country Report

The results of the 2000 Global EntrepreneurshipMonitor (GEM) study for Germany reveal that the first steps toward a newculture of entrepreneurship have been taken. In 2000, one in twenty-five adultsattempted to start firms. This is a slight increase over 1999, placing Germanyin sixth position (up from eighth) among the countries participating in theinternational GEM research project. Three investigation methods are used in the GEM studies: an adult populationsurvey; interviews with entrepreneurship experts in that country; and selectednational and demographic data.The GEM model examines general frameworkconditions for economic growth and nine entrepreneurial framework conditions –financial support, government policy, government programs, education andtraining, research and development transfer, commercial and professionalinfrastructure, market openness, access to physical infrastructure, andcultural and social norms. Among the findings:The proportion of the population that providesf...